Tenejapa Attractions 
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Tenejapa, an Indian village, lies about 28km/17mi north-east of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Only a few hundred of the total of approximately 15,000 Tzeltal-speaking Indians living in the surrounding area actually inhabit the village.
The men's costume comprises a black woollen tunic worn over short white trousers embroidered on the legs, and a straw hat. The women of Tenejapa, who are particularly good at weaving and embroiderery, wear richly-embroidered blouses, dark blue skirts with narrow vertical stripes. They also wear a wide red and black belt and over this a narrow white one (fiestas: January 23rd, San Ildefonso and July 22nd-24th, Santiago Apóstol).
The men's costume comprises a black woollen tunic worn over short white trousers embroidered on the legs, and a straw hat. The women of Tenejapa, who are particularly good at weaving and embroiderery, wear richly-embroidered blouses, dark blue skirts with narrow vertical stripes. They also wear a wide red and black belt and over this a narrow white one (fiestas: January 23rd, San Ildefonso and July 22nd-24th, Santiago Apóstol).
