On Thursday we took a trip to Santa Catarina, a nearby village, to check on a what we thought was a new born baby, but it turned out that the mom-to-be had not yet delivered the baby and then we delivered supplies to a few of the other families. On our last stop the family brought out lots of their traditional clothing for us to put on.
In this area, the majority of the women still wear the local traditional outfits. The majority of the men wear Western clothing except for some of the older gentlemen. All the different villages have different styles or colors so that everyone will know what area they are from. These outfits are also now a sign of wealth. Depending on how the garment is made, the family can be viewed as having money.
Most of the shirts that we tried on took about 8 months to make, which they make for themselves! The mother of the family is extremely talented!
So take a tour of our day of wearing traditional Guatemala clothing!
