Sololá, Guatemala Market (Pronounced: Soh-loh-LAA, Guah-tay-MAH-lah) Billy and Akaisha Kaderli Sololá lies along an ancient Maya trade route between the hot Pacific beach lands and the chilly mountain highlands of Guatemala. All the traders meet here in this Maya town for Friday's Market Day, one of the highland's best. Sololá gets its name from a form of a Pre-Columbian name, T'zolojy'a. Almost all residents of Sololá are Kaqchikel Maya and the town's population is about 80,000.
If you have never seen the descendents of the Maya peoples at a traditional Maya market live-and-in-person, you need to watch this. Listen for the Kaqchikel language mixed with Spanish. See the riotous color of the weavings and huipiles, the tops that women wear, overflowing fruit baskets, and watch as we order Gringas for lunch. |
