The huipil contains 3 types of elements: figures of animals or plants, geometric patterns that separate the groups of figures and combinations of harmonic colors between the base and the details. These same principles will be those that will be used in the buildings of Santa Catarina.
Painting all the houses will take approximately two and a half years. To make this process efficient, the municipality of Santa Catarina Palopó was divided into 27 sectors and a code was given to each house.
Each family can choose between painting their house only with the base color or adding
detalles.
The roof and terrace roofs will be painted in B'ajoy color (red tile). The
buildings that have ceramic tile roofs, thatched roofs of that color or
Blades of blue color will not be painted.
The facades will be painted with one of the following base colors. Each neighbor will be able
choose between painting the whole house in one color or painting it with two shades
of the same color. The reason is to maintain a harmonious set in the town,
there is also the option to paint the building in white.
Tuk /
Purple
Xar /
Dark blue
Choi /
Lake
Raxabaj /
Green stone
Already/
Water
Sac'Por /
White corn
Bájoy /
Mud
The colors with which the details can be painted will be chosen with the project promoter to ensure a good combination of the same with the base.
Q'íj /
Sun
Juyú /
mountain
Ch'upup /
Tulle
Koj /
Lion
Ronxa /
pink
The family chooses between different patterns to decorate their home.
