The indigenous textil culture and traditions in Tlaxcala Mexico, are reflected in each piece of fabric.
Netzahualcóyotl: Preserving their identity, through sustainable and ethical fashion.
Christian Janet Córdova Vázquez, is anartisan, photographer and activist, she is part of the team that works in “Netzahualcóyotl”. a workshop in the town of Contla in TlaxcalaIts, Mexico.
Which objective is to raise awareness, protect and disseminate the role that textiles has had for the identity culture of central Mexico and protection against cultural appropriation and plagiarism that has occurred in the craft field by outside companies and fashion brands to the communities of the native peoples”.
The Netzahualcoyotl Workshop, has been working since 1898, with weaving and dyeing techniques that date back to the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, passed down through generations in the family.
“The community where we live, Contla de Juan Cuamatzi, Tlaxcala, is an indigenous community and pedal loom weaving has been a men’s job for decades, despite the fact that both genders have always worked together. In the workshop we all weave, we dye with natural dyes, we draw, all the same, all on a par, without distinction of gender”.
“In the workshop, women have broken with the stereotype that was lived for decades“. – National Textile Meeting Mexico.
We collaborate with educational and cultural institutions to protect our identity and in turn work with responsible companies with products that are not harmful to the environment. This also means supporting the work and businesses of Indigenous people, leading voices of the climate movements, who comprise 5% of the world’s population yet defend 80% of the planet’s biodiversity
Photographer: Christian Janet Cordova Vázquez.
Model: Ana Laura Hernandez
Workshop Netzahualcoyotl
