Sn. Juan Tetitlan is a Nahua village dedicated to weaving palm baskets called tenates. There are still elderly women that wear a type of indigenous blouse and skirt. The town is near San Jose Miahuatlan. Bob Freund 7/20/06 Return to Nahua of Tehuacan home page
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Besides the traditional palm weaving, they also participate in embroidery, her we see some of the stamp that will be used to stamp the material that will latter be embroidered.
The wife of Mateo Mendoza is stamping a blouse that will latter be brought to Chilac and sold to a wholesaler.
In the first image is Gregoria Castillo Contreras hold one of her traditional blouse she wears when going out of town.