Sac´Abaj Traditional Costumes

Saint Sebastian The meaning of the typical San Sebastian costume is Yagual Feathered Serpent. Chachal: Wealth of Mayan peoples Cirio: Light, guide White blouse: the neck has the four cardinal points. The color: Dignity of the woman Cut: Represents the colors of the four ears The cloth: Respect for women Bare feet: Direct contact with Mother Earth.

Petén costume The typical costume of this one is of white blanket, that means the  puereza   and approach to the supreme being. The huipil, describes in its embroidered facts, the relationship of our offspring with nature, we can see the stripes embroidered in black and wear the huipiles in the neck. In the huipiles, figures of animals or another element of nature stand out in white, which is formed by the embroidery with a black background, leaving the figure that one wants to have without embroidering. The embroidery has to be in cash or crosshead.

Department of Totonicapán In this Guatemalan department, a large part of the local population is dedicated to the production of fabrics that are made in standing looms. Its production does not only cover the local market, but it is imported to other towns in the national territory. One of the most used garments of this department is the so-called huipil or güipil, which consists of a wide shirt or tunic made of cotton that is decorated with typical embroideries. It is a garment worn daily by women belonging to the different indigenous communities of Guatemala, especially for ceremonial occasions.   It highlights the costume of the brothers of the Patronal Fair of Totonicapán, which takes place between September 24 and 29 in honor of San Miguel de Arcángel. It is a ceremonial costume in which you can see a strong Spanish influence, given its silver ornaments and embroidery with silk floral motifs. The purple silk handkerchiefs stand out, which belong to each brotherhood and den...

Costume The first inhabitants were originally from Zunil and wore the costumes imposed by the Spanish colonizers in their region: the female outfit had a white huipil with green, purple and red prints, a red sash that supports the black cut, and a ribbon or tocoyal worn on the head, a chachal and earrings; On the other hand, the male outfit was made of white shorts and a purple and white shirt. This original dress has been lost, and now the ladies wear simple blouses, with cuts of various colors and sometimes güipiles, tied at the waist by bands as well as the sut or sutes earrings and sometimes necklaces or chachales; As for men, they have abandoned the use of the colonial dress and have adopted the one of the European cut suit consisting of dress pants and shirts, and most of them wear hats.

Department of Huehuetenango Huehuetenango is a Guatemalan department located in the northwestern region of the country. Of this area, the costumes of the municipalities of San Rafael Petzal and those of San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán stand out, whose cuts are almost identical. In the case of Ixtahuacán, women often wear a huipil, as in the rest of the Guatemalan departments. Here the huipil is characterized by embroidered silk and its wide neck square shape. Of course, there is no shortage of characteristic geometric designs and stripes of varied colors.

During the patronal feast of this department it is especially frequent to see that Chimalteca women usually wear a huipil characterized by its wide red stripes to frame the shoulders. They are strips of geometric designs alternated with drawings of animals and sections of multicolored lines. Although today the use of traditional clothing is being lost and only usually seen in the elderly, here are the characteristics of the same for men and women: The huipil of Chimalteca women also stands out for its V-neck or square made with black velvet at the edges. The skirt, on the other hand, also includes numerous colors and is usually very long, which is why it is usually wrapped around the waist. They hold it with a red band. As for men, they usually wear a simpler outfit. This is usually a combination of white trousers and shirt, with a blue or black jacket, and a black or white knee brace that hangs from the waist by means of a red sash.

Departments of Alta and Baja Verapaz Within the Department of Alta Verapaz, the Cobán area stands out, in which the huipiles used by women differ from those of other departments because they are shorter, and made of a more delicate fabric. They are known as kembilz or pikbil. The huipil is adorned with varied figures, among which the tobacco blanket is included. It represents the beauty, the purity and, in short, the modesty of women through representative drawings of nature and a cut that symbolizes the sky, the darkness and the four carnal points. The huipil is accompanied by a wide skirt or traditional cut that is usually dark blue, thanks to which a combination is obtained that draws attention by the contrast between the colors and the texture of the skirt and the huipil. Under the skirt, it is common for the woman seen with a petticoat (female underwear) of green color, although there are also white or red, decorated with wide or small stripes. Married women wear a wool h...

Sololá En Sololá es común ver a las personas tradicionalmente vestidas. El color rojo es dominante y los hombres llevan pantalones y camisas con rayas. En esta región es común ver que las lanas son amarradas y teñidas antes de dar inicio al proceso de tejeduría. De esta manera, se obtienen patrones borrosos con variaciones en la intensidad del color.

Zacualpa In Zacualpa, colorful huipiles of soft threads with zigzag patterns can be found. The huipiles have a purple yoke and a red, yellow and green pattern underneath it. The use of tzutes is common here. Nebaj The women of Nebaj wear a red cut with yellow stripes, supported by a sash. They also wear a huipil lavishly decorated with embroidery and striking designs. On the shoulder they carry a tzute and on the head a skillfully decorated ribbon. The men wear an open jacket and a hat made of palm. They also wear western style pants and sweaters.

San Pedro It is a municipality of the Department of San Marcos, which is limited to the north by Huehuetenango, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by Mexico, and to the west by Quetzaltenango. The women of this municipality wear a suit formed by a cut that is pure silk and so thin that they have to wear another one underneath. The silk huipil on cotton is compact and complicated fabric and even the napkin of the basket is made of silk upholstery.

The Department of Quetzaltenango is the second largest capital of Guatemala. Known as Xela or Xelajú, he is famous among other things for his song "Luna de Xelajú" and "Ferrocarril de los Altos", by Domingo Betancurt (musician of Guatemalan origin). One of the most characteristic garments of this department is the huipil, a garment used by women, made up of the traditional colors of the department, that is, red, yellow and violet. It also usually contains designs of birds, flowers, stars, etc. They are usually made with three canvases made on a standing loom. The collar of the huipil is characterized by its floral prints and various animals.

CHINAUTLA: (from Nahuatl Poqomam, Xina (Hot water) and Jutla (Jute or snail) «Snail from hot water») 5 is a municipality in the metropolitan region of the department of Guatemala of the Republic of Guatemala that houses the historic regions of Las Vacas, Las Lomas, Las Flores and Jocotales. These colors appear intertwined in geometric, human and zoomorphic figures that are combined with trapezoids or sandwiches, bars and triangles of different colors. The complete attire with two traces of hair interlaced with ribbons that rise on each side of the head to form a 8 tocoyal that tops on the forehead. The woman wears a white cloth or blanket, which is tied to the chest passing through the back, this blanket or cloth is used to wrap the parcels in it or to load the children's arms. Formerly, women differentiated their clothing according to their civil status: The single women used a reddish cut. The married women used a cut that predominated the colors green, blue and lilac....

The typical Guatemalan costumes are characterized by an explosion of color, design and fabrics. Guatemalan clothing varies according to the region where I know it is from. The traditional Guatemalan Indigenous Costume is a representation of  the country´s cultural wealth. Some religious aspects, others the sacred calendar, and many where inspired by the impacts of the spanish hill. They are made of wool, silk, rayon or synthetic fiber, which they are the sacred tones from the war of the pre-Columbian era.