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Indigenous weavers in Oaxaca turn to making facemasks during pandemic

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San Pablo Villa de Mitla, May 10 (EFE).- Weavers in an indigenous community in the southeastern Mexican state of Oaxaca are working during the Covid-19 pandemic to turn out masks using the colorful cloth they normally use to adorn their regular output of blouses and "huipiles," the traditional blouse or tunic worn by indigenous women from central Mexico to Central America.Mexican authorities have prohibited non-essential economic activities during the coronavirus quarantine, and so the Zapotec Indian community in the town of San Pablo Villa de Mitla decided to make essential items to help deal with the crisis. (Camera: JESUS CORTES). SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS WEAVERS IN THE TOWN OF SAN PABLO VILLA DE MITLA, MEXICO, IN SOUTHEASTERN OAXACA STATE, MAKING FACEMASKS USING THE CLOTH AND YARN THEY NORMALLY SAVE FOR TURNING OUT TRADITIONAL GARMENTS FOR THE LOCAL PUBLIC AND TOURISTS. SOUND BITES: JAVIER GARCIA RUIZ, THE OWNER OF THE LA CASA DEL ARTESANO WORKSHOP IN THE COMMUNITY OF XAAGA DE MITLA; MARBELLA OLIVERA, WEAVER; JAZMIN CERVANTES GUERRERO, THE MANAGER OF THE CASA DEL ARTESANO; AND ESAU RUIZ DIAZ, AN ARTISAN WORKING AT XAAGA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: Javier Garcia Ruiz - There are practically no sales (of our usual products) and now what we're doing is working with facemasks, but since it's something different we've had to adapt to it. (00:53-01:03)Marbella Olivera - It's not like the throw-away facemasks that, aside from creating trash also creating contamination because many people burn them, but there are people who just use them and throw them away so this one can be washed and you can keep using it. (01:30-01:47)Jazmin Cervantes Guerrero - If you open your facemasks, inside there's a filter, with SMS cloth which is used to make industrial facemasks. (02:29-02:38)Esua Ruiz Diaz - There are many people who are in this profession and unfortunately many of them have closed their workshops because of the way they make and sell their (output). It's gotten complicated. (02:54-03:09)

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