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| The district of Amealco is a center for Otomi culture in Queretaro. There are many villages here, which have retained to varying degrees their culture. The principal towns are Amealco, San Ildefonso and Santiago Mezquititlan. The potters from San Ildefonso sell there clay pumpkins all over Mexico City out of the back of trucks. Bob Freund 11/23/2004 for further information contact: info@mexicantextiles.com |
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 San Ildefonso Tultepec is located in the southwestern tip of Queretaro in the district of Amealco. These towns are about 30 minutes from San Juan del Lago, which is located on the Autopista to Queretaro from Mexico City. |
 The state government has mobile labs, which it sends around to the villages; here the Otomi women are waiting their turn for tests. After speaking to the doctor, she suggested I speak to the people waiting for their exams. The woman here in the foreground was very willing to help. |
 The costumes are very colorful and it was amazing good fortune to arrive when many women were waiting at the clinic for special tests. The State has these portable clinics seen in the background. |
 Otomi women who are waiting in front of the clinic for tests, they are almost all in traditional costume. |
 Otomi women who are waiting in front of the clinic for tests, they are almost all in traditional costume. |
 The traditional blouse of poplin with a pleated neck and front, also there is matching embroidery on the cuffs and across the front. |