What is a “Guinda”?
Hermelinda explains the meaning of the term “guinda”.
Hermelinda
Leaving Home
Hermelinda remembers being pregnant the first time people in Arcatao left their homes, around 1980, when generalized repression began against the civilian population and everyone had to leave town.
The “May Guinda”
Hermelinda remembers losing her children and three other close relatives during the “May Guinda.”
The Embroidery Group
Hermelinda remembers how a nun’s initiative helped prompt a community embroidery group in 1989.
Disappeared children
Hermelinda remembers losing her children during the “May Guinda,” and says she always wondered whether the military had taken them away.