San Miguel Tzinacapan is a large Nahua town located right next to Cuetzalan. There are many women here that continue to wear traditional dress including embroidered blouses, backstrap woven belts and quechquemitls.
Bob Freund 10/26/2005 For more infomation contact:info@mexicantextiles.com

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In this series of photos there is the alter found in most homes and close up of the loom used to weave the quechquemitls. Juana’s kitchen and a close-up of Juana weaving. On closer inspection there are over six different patterns woven into the quechquemitl. I also show a close up of the sleeve on the blouse