San Mateo Tlacoxcalco is a small Nahua village where a collective of women is rescuing the traditional embroidery. There are two types of blouses worn in town by the elderly Nahua women. The first is a everyday blouse and a heavily embroidered blouse. Bob Freund 7/20/06
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Here are some more wonderful examples of the embroidery craft here in Tlacoxcalco. Seen in black is Naomi Trujillo Hernandez one of the co-ordinators of the collective.