Aguacatán/Aldea Leana Cayote
Quiché, Guatemala
The cinta or headdress is the most beautiful part of Maya women's traje in Aguacatán, and wraps the hair and head with stately elegance.
Andrea Raymundo wears the traditional traje of the Aguacatán area and weaves by the roadside. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
On Sundays, Maya women in Aguacatán wear their best traje, which uses a lot of orange. This woman spoke only Awakateko and could only tell us her name was Juana. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
This corte or skirt length is typical of what is popular among the Maya in the Aguacatán area today. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.