Huixtan, Mexico

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an administrative building and a few shops. The majority of the population live in the surrounding hills.

Costume

Most of the men continue to wear their traditional wide white cotton trousers, held up with a broad red sash. Their white shirts are mainly embroidered on the collars and sleeves. A black or brown woollen cape is worn over these. A red band decorates the flat hats, made by the Indians themselves. The women wear long dark blue skirts with a red belt with yellow stripes. The collars of their cotton blouses are embroidered in blue and their white scarves are colourfully embroidered with animals and flowers. Of the approximately 12,000 Huixtecos of the Tzotzil tribe, only about 10per cent live in Huixtán (fiestas: May 14th-16th, San Isidro; June 27th-30th, San Pedro and September 28th and 29th, San Miguel Arcángel).