Taller Leñateros
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Taller Leñateros is a cultural society and an alliance of Maya and mestizo women and men. Mexican poet Ambar Past founded it in 1975.[1] Taller Leñateros promotes longstanding Indigenous practices of dyeing and papermaking techniques, as well as preserving, supporting, and disseminating Maya and related Indigenous popular culture and oral history.[2][3]
The publishing collective creates books written, illustrated, printed, and bound — in paper of their own making — by Maya people.[4] It employs local artists to make eco-friendly recycled paper and print and bind original artists’ books containing Maya songs, poetry, and stories in multiple languages.[5]
Taller Leñateros has contributed significantly to the increased visibility of women writers during the boom femenino.[6]
In 2022, it received the National Prize for Arts in the Popular arts and traditions category.[7][8]