Zitlala, Chilapa, Guerrero is a traditional Nahua town where costume and tradition are well preserved. The dress is a large embroidered tube skirt with a woven belt and hand embroidered huipil. Bob Freund 8/23/2006
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The wrap skirt is really a large tube, after it is placed over the woman’s head; she holds the skirt and deftly winds the belt that had been over her shoulder to hold the skirt in place.