Tlaquilpa, Veracruz , Mexico is a traditional Nahua village located in the Sierra Zongolica of Veracruz, near the Puebla border. Traditional dress is a blouse with a large lace collar, black wrap skirt, solid colored sash and reboso.
Robert Freund 11/9/2007
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Center for traditional medicine
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Tlaquilpa is a very traditional municipality with a large population of indigenous women wearing the traditional dress. The large lace collars with a short sleeve blouse of cotton or synthetic material below it a black wrap skirt and a piece of colored material that is folded and used as a sash. . I have included photos of a number of blouses that were for sale in a store near the center of town.

The local herbal healers have a clinic there in which they also sell handicrafts. The town has majestic views and there is a small pyramid in the center of town also

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example of blouses

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Example of old style wrap skirt woven on back strap loom.
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Bags woven in Tlaquilpa