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| .. | Santa Catarina Palopó, a small Mayan town on the shore of Lake Atitlán, is an example of one way styles change. The red and white huipil [blouse] worn in the early part of this century looked similar to those of nearby San Antonio Palopó and San Lucas Toliman. A woman, whose family had moved from the United States to Lake Atitlán, was living in Santa Catarina. She hired one of the local weavers to make a huipil of her own design in blues and greens—a design perhaps inspired by the huipil of Santa Maria de Jesus to which it is similar. When the Mayan women of Santa Catarina saw her wearing the huipil, they loved the colors and design. They soon began copying it for themselves. Now the old red huipil no longer is worn in Santa Catarina Palopó. | ||||||||||||
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