Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, a Chinanteco town. The town is located on the road from Tuxtepec to Oaxaca. It is a market place for the surrounding Chinanteco peoples. Huipils are worn here during fiestas, mostly by older women.The town is trying to have a road built into the Chinantla so that more commerce can come from the isolated inland villages. The climate is hot and humid. A number of springs and rivers are nearby. The huipil from here is seldom used except for festival and ceremonial occasions.. Bob Freund 2/24/2005
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Here are some more examples of the huipil from Valle Nacional. During my visit there, I bought coffee and pineapples. A merchant told me the locals were pushing the government to build a road over the mountain into the more remote areas of the Chinantla. The people who live there either walk out to Valle or go down the river to Usila to shop on market day. Two of the other villages in the Chinantec Gallery are without roads and have only footpaths to get in and out of their towns (2002).