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(6) Regional costumes of other communities. The 



costumes of Solold, San Jorge, and Concepci6n, 

 if not the same, are enough alike to be treated 

 together. The San Pedro, Atitldn, and Santa 

 Catarina costumes are distinct. The local 

 Indians of Tonicapdn and San Andres wore 

 trousers in 1936 and are included under (5) 

 above. The Ladinos, of course, also wear the 

 "city" costume, but those included in the 

 Indian population also wear shoes and other 

 appurtenances and should be treated separately. 

 Women's and girls': 



(7) The "simple" Panajachel costume consists of the 



Panajachel huipil, corte without silk, and sash 

 without figures. One woman wears this cos- 

 tume but has substituted a huipil of San Lucas 

 for that of Panajachel. The hairdress is the 

 bought ribbon. The women use the locally 

 woven carrying cloth. Rarely, they wear 

 caites on journeys. 



(8) The "silk" Panajachel costume is the same except 



that silk figures are woven into the huipil and 

 silk is used to sew the huipil and the corle. 



(9) The "elaborate" Panajachel costume is the same, 



but in addition to the silk in the huipil and 

 corte, it has figures (of silk) woven into the 

 ends of the sash. 



(10) The "San Andres" costume worn by women of 



Panajachel, as well as those from San Andres 

 and some of the women in San Andres, consists 

 of the San Andres huipil, Totonicapdn skirt, 

 and in most local cases the plain Panajachel 

 sash. The local carrying cloths and hairdress 

 are used. 



(11) The "Totonicapdn" costume consists of the 



"Totonicapdn" huipil and corte and a bought 

 sash. It corresponds to the "city" costume of 

 Indian men, and may best be described, in the 

 whole region, as a generalized Indian costume. 

 It is worn in Panajachel not only by the resident 

 Totonicapenas but by some Panajachelenas. 

 Bought carrying cloths are usually used with 

 this costume. 



(12) Costumes of other Indian towns: Again SoloW, 



San Jorge, and Concepci6n costumes may be 

 considered one. The Atitldn, San Pedro, and 

 Nahuald costumes are distinctive. The San 

 Andres and Totonicapdn women wear costumes 

 included under (10) and (11) above; the San 

 Andres women wear Totonicapdn shirts and a 

 sash the origin of which I am not sure. The 

 Ladina costume consists, of course, of European- 

 type dresses, shoes, etc., and is worn in Pana- 

 jachel only by a Ladina married into the 

 Indian community, and her daughter, and the 

 daughter of a Totonicapeno and an Antonera 

 who wears Totonicapdn clothes. 



The number of various garments used in Pana- 

 jachel is calculated on the basis of a census of 

 costumes used (table 61). It will be noted that 



I have no positive information on what costume 

 190 persons wear. In addition six youngsters are 

 not included because I do not know even their sex. 

 However, knowledge of general patterns and who 

 the people are make possible good guesses as to 

 the costumes of most of the people passed over 

 by the survey (usually children) . Table 62 is the 

 result of careful and conservative family-by- 

 family analysis. The infant costume presents a 

 special problem. Until about the age of 4, a child 

 is dressed in odds and ends, and cast-ofiF and remade 

 clothing, probably taking no more than a day's 

 time a year, or more than 20 or 30 cents for occa- 

 sional diaper cloth and shirts. The baptismal 

 garments hardly raise that figure and are pre- 

 sented by the godparents, usually Ladinos. 

 Probably about 25 of the 54 boys and girls whose 

 costume caimot be safely guessed at were also 

 under 4 in 1936 (exact information on ages is hard 

 to get.) 



Table 61. — Costumes 

 a. MEN'S AND BOYS' COSTUMES 



b. WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' COSTUMES 



