LEFT: Bands woven for toursits. RIGHT: The typical huipil of Santa Catarina Palopo. These colors are a recent introduction. Old huipiles in crimson and white can be seen in paintings by Carmen Pettersen. My teacher told me that only the very oldest women in the town may still have the old huipiles.


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