Tetelcingo, Morelos is a major indigenous town right next to Cuautla, Morelos. There were a number of women still wearing the traditional huipil and wrap skirt with 2 back strap loomed belts. There are only two belt weavers left in the town (6/06).
Bob Freund 10/2/2006
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Maria was preparing an order for a customer in Mexico City for twenty belts. Maria and her aunt are the last two belt weavers in the Tetelcingo. The huipil and wrap skirt are now made from commercial material and the belts are woven with commercial thread. The patterns she wove were all the same and it left me wondering if it would be possible to find other belts and see what the patterns were like. Well I guess a textiles documenters’ work is never done.

 
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