Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Doña Cleta
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 18:57:14 -0800
References: <CA+yJO1AV1yEcTCYj=TAa9qpQpCa7yC_-dQyyqQmF3680cjWMCw@mail.gmail.com>

Amazing woman and an image that does her character and strength justice.
Loving your scans, Tina,
Bob

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Photo Every So Often:
>
> This is Do?a Cleta.  She was a tiny, little woman only about 4 feet tall
> with severe Kyphosis, or hunchback.  Her family fled to Honduras from
> Guatemala during the civil war of the 1980's.  They settled in Estanzuela
> on the border with Guatemala.  She was the last person to speak the Chorti
> Maya language.  She said she tried to teach the young people but they were
> not interested.  Do?a Cleta died in 2004 at 83.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149014745
>
> She was still grinding her own corn for tortillas and making her own pots
> of clay up until the day she died.
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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-- 
Bob Adler


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