Traditional weaving is making a come back in Mexico

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SHOTLIST Tlaxcala - December 4, 2007 1. Wide of people crossing footbridge 2. Wide of Tlaxcala's Museum of Popular Art and Traditions 3. Mid of Tlilayatzi weaving 4. Close of Tlilayatzi and cloth 5. Close of sign pointing to the textile area 6. Close of Tlilayatzi's feet powering the loom 7. Close of Tlilayatzi's hands threading yarn through each row 8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Crescencio Tlilayatzi, master weaver "Well for me it has been important to continue with textiles in this workshop so that they will survive. Because you know it is, little by little, diminishing. And we try to do whatever we can so that this will be reborn and will not be lost." 9. Close of loom from the side 10. Tilt down of Crescencio Tlilayatzi threading yarn onto a spool 11. Close of bag containing wool 12. Mid of weaver Porfirio Xochitemol making woollen yarn 13. Close of wool yarn machine 14. Close from window in entryway of museum 15. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Prudencia Felix Juarez Capilla, museum worker "The artisans with a great deal of interest continue preserving this part of the culture and this craft of the textile, and they do it in a way to preserve themselves. So that this part of the culture and the cultural richness of the villages is preserved, but also themselves, because this forms part of their daily work." Contla - December 4, 2007 16. Mid of Flores explaining how he dyes yarn with natural inks 17. Close of Flores' hands holding red yard and stained with dye 18. Mid of Flores hanging different colours of yarn together 19. Close of Flores weaving 20. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cosme Flores, master weaver and natural dye expert "Crafts were a disaster because they were being degraded, and crafts were no longer worth anything. So I said, what can I do with crafts? To produce something different that doesn't exist in my area, something of quality." 21. Close of Flores untying a bag of natural ink ingredients 22. Wide of Flores taking a bag of ingredients down from a pile 23. Close of Flores hands as he explains how he makes dye from a type of wood 24. Close of Flores' face as he explains 25. Close of Flores' hands as he takes an insect out of a cactus 26. Close of Flores' fingers, with red dye from cactus 27. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cosme Flores, master weaver and natural dye expert "I made my calculation of man-time at the loom and I put a price on it and they said it was wrong because I was pricing it very high. But I couldn't price it any cheaper because that is the amount time that I was using." 28. Wide of Flores showing the different colours in one of his carpets 29. Close of Flores showing a line of colour in a carpet 30. Mid of finished carpet 31. Mid of Maria de Jesus Tzompantzi showing a picture of herself next to a series of certificates 32. Close of yarn on a loom 33. Zoom in to Maria de Jesus Tzompantzi climbing up to her spot at the loom 34. Close of Maria de Jesus Tzompantzi untangling strings 35. Mid of Maria de Jesus Tzompantzi weaving 36. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria de Jesus Tzompantzi, master weaver "I learned everything by watching how my grandfather did it. How he counted the strings, how he corrected the fabric, and I learned everything." 37. Medium shot of Tzompantzi weaving 38. Wide shot of modern textile factory in Contla, Cobertores Morsa. The second line of the sign says "Cover your dreams!" 39. Close shot of the clock on Cobertores Morsa 40. Wide shot hat and gloves stand in downtown Tlaxcala 41. Wide shot of horizon at dusk 42. Wide shot of the Iglesia de San Jose in Tlaxcala 43. Tilt up of mini blanket street decorations in Contla 44. Close shot of mini blanket decorations LEAD IN: STORYLINE: Keyword wacky You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b9ec0251e57c99fb60467bdde38abebc Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork