Visit 3 – Based on the three visit rule , I returned to Papatlatla to purchase a blouse for the collection. After a visit to the embroidery collective, I was taken around to see what was available. At the time I purchased the blouse you see in the first row file name “collection”. In addition I was also able to add some more examples of blouses and women in traditional dress. Below is what was written after the second visit.

Visit 2

Papatlatla is now just off the new paved highway between Calnali and Atlapexco Hidalgo. The road runs down into the center of town, the town is progressing rapidly; the main road in town is paved and others are in progress. There is even a library. Amazing. The initial visit there was to deliver a photo to Francisco Prado who I met in the market in Tehuetlan in July 04. At that time he let me take his picture and as is my custom, I was returning the favor by giving him a photo. A great pretext for a visit to the village, huh? The day was rainy and after delivering the picture I spent an hour looking for a person willing to have their picture taken. No luck! However, I found out about a person that was attempting to preserve the textile traditions of the town. A few days later I returned and stopped at the town telephone office and there he was. We went back to his house and he ( Jorge Luis Guerrero) turned out to be a young man with an incredible passion. There is a gallery in the Textile Patterns section of this site with images of the patterns from Papatlatla that I shot at his home. He brought some women in to have their pictures taken in traditional dress. The costume is very similar to those of other villages on the page. It is a cross-stitch with a floral or animal design.