Tehuantepec is large Zapotec town on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is in transition to more modern town. / tehuana2

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A Tehuantepec woman wearing the distinctive “Espelendor”. It is in the form of a small dress. Supposedly when the catholic priest saw the naked topped women they gave them dresses to wear. This is how they wore them…