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Cofrades from San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz

2013

Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena

Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena
Guatemala, Guatemala

As it happens with everyday indigenous dress, women are the ones who have mainly kept the ceremonial attire. Out of the communities that were studied, Nebaj and San Miguel Chicaj, where the male indigenous ceremonial attire is still traditional, are the two most notable cases of places where this type of dress has been preserved.

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  • Title: Cofrades from San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: San Miguel Chichaj, Baja Verapaz
  • Photographer: Armando Mazariegos
  • Original Source: http://www.museoixchel.org/
  • Rights: ©Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena Photographic Archive
  • Bibliographic references: Catalogue "Cofradía: Trama y Urdimbre", Museo Ixchel 2016
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena

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