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July 17, 2015. Last weekend I reminisced with a weaver of wild silk about her hometown in the highlands of Madagascar. I learned about modesty aprons from a Vietnamese embroidery artist. And I wandered amidst Mexican sculptors, Tuareg jewelry artists, Rwandan basketmakers, Uzbekistani ceramists, and weavers from Mexico, Laos, Guatemala, East Timor, Taiwan, and Paraguay. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. But they weren’t! Groupo de Mujeres Ix Balam Q’ue’, Diosa de la Luna. Group of Women, Goddess of t...