José María Morelos, August 21 (Galu Comunicación).- One of many artisans in the mayan area, Aida Aracely Ku Marín, is reluctant, like many of her colleagues, to leave her job, despite the persistence of the COVID- 19 pandemic, that not only does not yield, but also increases in this municipality.
The explanation is simple: the need to maintain the economic income and contribute to the family support prioritizing the need to continue having some pesos for his family.
Ku Marín, who has been dedicated to machine embroidery since she was a girl, has invested almost all her life making blouses, hammocks, bags, and now, due to the pandemic, and with the demand for mouth masks, she does not plan to abandon her activity.
As part of the recent commemoration of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, Ku Marín explains that when she was just a child, she also went out to the streets to sell donuts or meringues cooked by her mother, and there, she met people who made clothing and who motivated her to learn.
Thus, once its sale was completed, she practiced tailoring at home before forgetting it.
Currently, she lives in the mayan community of Kankabchén and her main demand is at that very same town, whose inhabitants approach her to ask for clothing in their size.
But also, when she has the chance to go with her family to this town, to Tulum, Chetumal or even Mérida, she takes the opportunity to sell her creations, since the pandemic also closed “doors” represented by buyers from the north of the state.
Despite being machine embroidered and getting rid of artisanal hand embroidery, the price of each garment is around 300 pesos (14 U.S. dollars), which she can end in three days if she puts “a lot of effort.”
Therefore, despite working individually and not belonging to any group of artisans in the area, she has managed to cope with the situation of the pandemic, and like her, many artisans are reluctant to leave their work to continue to earn a living, even if only in their own community.
