Zomajapa is located on the "hot side" of the Sierra Zongalica. The costume is all but lost here. It is distinctly all white with pleated sleeves and a light reboso. During this trip I found only 2 women still in traditional dress.
Robert Freund 11/19/2007
Return to Nahua of Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico
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Only two women are known to still wear traditional attire in town.
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The clinic
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Partial mens costume

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The path
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These houses are cool inside the roof protects from the extreme heat.
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Way up the hill and into the jungle to get to her house

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Views from her home
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This is call pobresa extrema in Spanish..
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