The following information was found in Robert Harrold and Phyllida Legg’s “Folk Costumes of the World”:
” … Local costumes are still popular in the villages, especially during fiesta time.
The women’s dress changes according to region and occasion. For work it is very plain with simple colored trimming and is made in calico or cotton. The Sunday and fiesta dresses are made of silk or cotton, embroidered with silk using old Mayan patterms and designs. For work a short white skirt has an added frill round the hem and is decorated with a band of colored braid or colored stitching. With this skirt is worn a white blouse with short puff sleeves, a round ‘boat’ neckline and a deep frill, a pattern which is very popular in so many central American countries. The older women prefer a similar dress, but with a longer skirt and the blouse has a wider frill but no sleeves.
The more elaborate style of dress has a skirt with two layers of frills, a long-sleeved blouse with a high neckline and a deep frill round the shoulders. Another style of dress, worn either short or long, depending upon the occasion, has a blouse with elbow-length sleeves ending in frills and an inset front panel decorated with colored braid: the skirt follows the usual pattern… Beads are worn and made from dried seeds and thorns, which are painted in bright colors. The hair is usually worn in two plaits and the ends tied with bright ribbons… Open sandals are worn by the women.
The men wear the typical costume of long white trousers, long-sleeved, white tunic shirts worn outside the trousers, long-sleeved, white tunic shirts worn outside the trousers and red handkerchiefs tied round the neck. Straw hats are worn and the sandals are similar to those worn by women.”
