The religious life on Santa Marta is closely connected to Aldama and San Andres. The image of Santa Marta is carried to Aldama and to San Andres several times a year in very colorful processions. We were lucky enough to be in San Andres in 2005 when Santa Marta arrived. Many men and women from Santa Marta accompanied Santa Marta’s statue as it was carried through San Andres. Santa Marta was covered in hundreds of woven cloths and huipiles. The weaving seemed similar to that of Aldama. It seemed to us that the men and women of Santa Marta were dressed the same as the people from Aldama.

Bob has a blouse or huipil that is white with embroidery around the neckline and a vertical line of embroidered dots or flowers. This may come from Santa Marta. Some of these garments are displayed at Sna Jolobil next to the sign that reads “Chenalho.” Women in Chenalho wear one-web huipiles with vertical stripes, which have dense red embroidery near the neck and on the shoulders. We never saw any woman in Chenalho wearing the simple, white blouse. Maybe that means they are made in Santa Marta. We have heard that there are several women’s coops producing clothing in Chenalho Municipio.