Women of a Cofradía, Sumpango, Sacatepéquez

During the first decades of the 20th century, the women from Sumpango wore an everyday attire composed of a white huipil, a blue skirt with an embroidered seam to join it in the middle, a sash with colored stripes and a ribbon woven in Totonicapán on a special loom used to make ribbons. By 1936, there are reports that women wore a red overblouse to keep warm in the cold weather. The garment was characterized by its round embroidered design with colorful flowers and geometric figures. In the 1960s, the overblouse became a ceremonial garment worn by cofradía women. Recently, it has been substituted by one from San Martín Jilotepeque (Chimaltenango).