Alahualtitla, Chicontepec, Vera Cruz in this Nahua village the women wear an embroidered blouses and a unique embroidered skirt. The older women wear the embroidered skirt made from muslin with embroidery along the bottom. / nahua_alahuatitla10 Bob Freund 1/20/2006 Return to Nahua of Chicontepec Home Page info@mexicantextiles.com

 This scene shows the changing patterns on dress in the village as clearly as any I have ever taken. The grandmother wearing the traditional shawls (rebosos) embroidered blouses and a embroidered muslin skirt. On the right another grandmaother with a skirt of store bought cotton material similar to what her daughter might wear. The in the doorway a granddaughter wearing modern made in China clothes . For more incredible pictures of the Nahua culture of Chicontepec click on the link above.