San Pablo Yaganiza, a Zapotec town in the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca population of 1200. The name of the town is derived from the Zapotec language an means " tree of water".
Bob Freund 12/30/2004 For more information contact: info@mexicantextiles.com

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There is a distinctive woven ribbing on the bottom of both the skirt and huipil. The red sash folded in three, and wrapped around the waist a number of times. The white sash pictured here is also from Yaganiza purchased in 1980 in Oaxaca City as part of the complete costume. Why it is white is a mystery unless it is a men’s sash or not yet dyed. On the right, the hand woven skirt is gathered and pleated around the waist on the bottom there is the distinctive woven ribbing.