Todos Santos Cuchumatán
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
The grueling trip to Todos Santos from Huehuetenango goes over the Cuchumatán Mountains, the largest non-volcanic peaks in Central America. The isolated town still boasts both men and women in traje or geographically specific attire.
A huipil from the cooperative Estrella de Occidente store shows the heavily decorated weaving style of Todos Santos. Collars can be purchased separately, and are reused after a huipil wears out. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Sporting the latest mushroom haircut while wearing the men’s traje of Todos Santos, Santiaga Mendoza Pabla’s son William, 17, is a mix of modernity and tradition, which he is clearly comfortable with. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Internationally known weaver Santiaga Mendoza Pabla uses her back strap loom on a patio behind the women's weaving cooperative Estrella de Occidente, which she runs. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Santiaga weaves a heavily brocaded huipil panel using red and white warps. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.