Angahuan Michoacan is a traditional Purepecha village where weaving, embroidery, spinning and other textile traditions are still practiced. The costume is similar to others on the Purepecha Plateau with hair cords, an embroidered blouse, an over blouse, two belts a embroidered slip, a skirt and an apron and finally the rebosos or shawl.
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This merchant sold me most of the costume in this gallery. Her husband was very generous and spent a great deal of time talking about the Purepecha culture and the sacred hills and springs that are related to their village. He also sat down and sang a song in Purepecha for me.

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Three sisters, sometimes a picture can say a lot more about people than words. The oldest was married at 16 to a young man who had gone off to the US to work and at that time they had not heard from him in over two years.
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Tortilla making in Angahuan and all over Mexico is women’s work. In this picture the process is in full swing. My friend is and milling the blue corn on a metate. The metate is the traditional tortilla grinding mill. The clay comal or plate with wood supplying the heat for cooking the tortilla, notice the large pile of tortilla in front of the mill (metate).
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This is a traditional style wood home from Angahuan. There are still some homes which were moved from some of the towns over run by lava from the Paracutin volcano to Augahuan to save them.
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I understand that when a new construction is under way they owners place these pieces of clothing out to protect the structure. ( that was one version of the reason, I can't be sure about that though).