Glass blowing

Today we went on an outing with the school to a glass-blowing co-op, followed by a hike to another town. There we saw San Simon, an unusual saint/idol who is worshiped by some Guatemalans in specific town. Supposedly he basically keeps these town safe and prosperous. We'll get to more on him in the next post. After that we went to a natural sauna.

Here are pics from the glass blowing coop. I'm told these men previously worked in a glass blowing factory in Chile but they weren't treated or paid well. So they decided to open a coop in their own town. Now it is entirely owned and run by the artists themselves, who are all indigenous Mayan men who live in the town. They ship their glass all over the world. They use recycled glass to make all of their wares.