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In this picture of vendors in the Plaza of Zacan during the festival, there are three distinct types of costume being worn. |
Women are carrying offerings into the church to be blessed. |
Ribbons worn in the hair during a traditional dace contest in the Purepecha festival. In nearby Angahuan the cousins and sisters of the groom arrange the hair of the bride with a ornate set of ribbons and flowers. |
Another wonderful example of a huanengo. |
This woman was embroidering during the embroidery contest held as part of the Purepecha festival. Some amazing examples of embroidery were submitted into the contest. |