La mujer artesana como actor de desarrollo cultural.

Crafstwoman as an important actor in cultural development. Tenejapa, Chiapas, México

Abstract

Abstract

In the Mexican Republic, Tenejapa is one of the 124 municipalities that conform the state of Chiapas. In this geographical place it´s found a Tseltal-speaking ethnic group of the Mayan language. There it´s established a group of craftswoman who make beautiful huipiles, from which, preserve culture and economic dynamism as a direct result of their craft. They are the actresses of a gradual process and continuous towards the transmission of advances and benefits to their community, based in their potentialities of cultural matrix and the search for competitiveness.

The purpose of this article is to show the role of craftswoman as social actors of preservation of their culture to the world. This article is the result of an investigation performed from November 2018 to December 2019 in the State of Chiapas. The field work was ethnographic, doing interviews with craftswomen and a field journal in the community. Still in her mother, wife, craftswoman condition, it´s not recognized in cultural construction and economic in a complex society. The conclusión is that craftswoman and society must be made aware, about the various roles they play in their daily activities: local development actress, as well as a provider in the economy from her home. Craftswomen, they are part of the cultural construction and the preservation of the symbolic system.