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Casa de Las Artesanías de Chiapas
This well located store sells a good range of Chiapas crafts. It's right in the center of town, and is definitely worth a visit to stock up on those little gifts to take home to the family.
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Crafts Market
Around Santo Domingo and the neighboring Templo de La Caridad (built in 1712), Chamulan women and bohemian types from around Mexico conduct a colorful daily Crafts Market .
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Lágrimas de la Selva
A lovely jewelry store where you can watch them work with amber.
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Libros Soluna
Selection includes maps and Lonely Planet guides in Spanish.
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Museo del Jade
Particularly classy jewelry is sold here, with pre-Hispanic reproductions carved in jade and other precious materials. Inside is a small museum with replicas of ancient Olmec pieces and a full-size replica of Pakal's tomb at Palenque.
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Nemi Zapata
A fair trade store that sells products made by Zapatista communities - weavings, embroidery, coffee and honey, EZLN cards, posters and books.
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Sna Jolobil
Some of the very best huipiles (embroidered tunics) are sold here, as well as blouses, skirts and rugs, with prices ranging from a few dollars for small items to much, much more. Sna Jolobil is a cooperative of 800 indigenous women weavers from the Chiapas highlands, founded in the 1970s to foster the indigenous art of backstrap-loom weaving. It has revived many traditional techniques and designs.
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Taller Leñateros
A society of Maya artists, the 'Woodlanders' Workshop' crafts exquisite handmade books, posters and fine art prints from recycled paper infused with local plants, using images inspired by traditional folk art. An open workshop, you can watch their art in progress.
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