Totonicapan, Guatemala

Totonicapan and photos from the Tuesday market and small towns surrounding the city. We visited microfinance borrowers who were using small loans financed by Kiva to start or enhance their small businesses. Read more about microfinance in Guatemala and other articles about Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com

Guatemalan Girl Peeking Out - Totonicapan, Guatemala
A shy girl hides in the skirts of mom and grandma. Taken in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Kiva Borrower, Guatemalan Woman with Baby
Florinda Augustina has a small sewing business creating aprons and adding special trim and designs to make them unique. Taken in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Guatemalan Woman, Smile - Totonicapan, Guatemala
This woman is a supportive wife of a microfinance borrower (weaver) in the village of Caserio Cuatro Xepatan outside Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Guatemalan School Girls - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Some playful school kids on their way home for lunch in the town of Nimasac outside Totonicapan in Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Singer at Totonicapan Market, Guatemala
Some musical entertainment by a religious singer on the main square in Totonicapan, Guatemala. We thought his pants were quite snazzy, if not a bit hot for the mid-day sun. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Talking Men in Hats - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Two men have a long discussion over an ice cream cart at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Totonicapan Market, Fruit Stand - Guatemala
Taken at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Kiva Borrower - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Juan is a microfinance borrower (from Kiva) who is using his small loan to develop a weaving business. We met him in the village of Caserio Cuatro Xepatan outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Guatemalan Girl on a Truck - Totonicapan, Guatemala
A young girl holds on to the bar on an overloaded pick-up truck heading from the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Butcher Sign - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Taken in Paraje Choescuela, a village outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Indigenous Head Wear - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Taken at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Lunch at the Totonicapan Market - Guatemala
A popular food stand at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Sewing Machine, Guatemalan Cloth - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Guatemala is full of old Singer and other non-electric sewing machines that crank out beautifully sewn aprons and clothing. Taken in the village of Paraje Choescuela outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Tienda with Family - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Taken in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Kiva Borrower, Indigenous Guatemalan Woman
Rosario Cristina shows us how to tie a hand-woven piece of cloth as a skirt in traditional Guatemalan indigenous wear (called traje). Taken in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Dan Eating Breakfast - Totonicapan, Guatemala
A plate of rice and beans and a super picante hot sauce at one of the food stands in Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read: Golden Plantain Awards: The Best of Central American Food © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Colorful Guatemalan Trajes (Clothes) - Totonicapan, Guatemala
A stall selling traditional Guatemalan indigenous clothes (traje) at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. All the blouses are handmade with intricate woven and embroidered designs. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Guatemalan School Kids - Totonicapan, Guatemala
Some playful school kids on their way home for lunch in the town of Nimasac outside Totonicapan in Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Totonicapan Market, Dried Fish - Guatemala
Taken at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Woman Weaving on Loom - Paraje Xecaje, Guatemala
Rosalinda Matea gives us a demonstration on the loom of how she weaves fajas, the woven belts used with skirts (traje) in traditional Mayan or indigenous wear in Guatemala. Taken in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Ceramics at Totonicapan Market, Guatemala
A young boy is very excited to play with all the ceramic jugs at the market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Kiva Borrower, Hearty Laugh - Paraje Xecaje, Guatemala
Maria Luisa is a mother who cooperates with her daughters on weaving and other small business activities in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. We met Maria Luisa and her daughters when we were visiting Kiva borrowers (microfinance) in the area. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Indigenous Woman at Totonicapan Market, Guatemala
Taken at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Totonicapan Market, Guatemala
Measuring out corn - a staple of Guatemalan cuisine - at the Tuesday market in Totonicapan, Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com