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Markasa Layku
Markasa Layku - Celia y Virginia
Beautiful cards with nine windows containing Andean characters. They are entirely hand embroidered with brightly colored cotton thread, such as the dress of the "cholita" from La Paz. Each card is hand-made with high-quality paper and comes with its own envelope.
We are three Aymara women who migrated to the city of El Alto. Ayni Bolivian taught us to combine colors and designs for our cards, each one unique and embroidered by hand. Cards are carefully produced to achieve the highest quality. We also use this technique to make bookmarks, floral cards, and Christmas cards.

We are very poor and live in simple homes. We want to get out of extreme poverty through fair trade networks which understand and support us. Fair trade also pays more than selling our cards in the tourist zone or post office.