Zoatecpan is located in the district of Xochillan, they have a small handicrafts union there and lots of skilled embroiderers. There are two costumes still worn in town, pictures here is the newer style. There are many patterns of embroidery here.

Zoatecpan is located in the district of Xochillan, they have a small handicrafts union there and lots of skilled embroiderers. There are two costumes still worn in town, pictures here is the newer style. There are many patterns of embroidery here.
Bob Freund9/17/2004 For more information contact: info@mexicantextiles.com

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Austraberta Lazero Reyes , the promoter for the village embroiderers and her daughter.

A number of different patterns embroidered from the village. The bird design at the bottom in black has convinced me of the origins of the next piece.

This blouse was a gift over thirty years ago and its origins were unknown until this month ( 9/04)

One of the newly paved streets in town. On the hill behind the town is a shrine to the village saint. However in my way of thinking it is a sacred place from an earlier time.

A blouse from this village purchased in 1994 in Cuetzalan.