Ejido Jalpan, Jalpan, Puebla , Mexico is a small municipality where Nahuatl and Totonaca peoples live side by side. The costume in limited use. It is similar to San Pedro , Tlaquilotepec, Puebla Robert Freund 10/30/2007
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I was very surprised to find a cross roads where three different costumes came together, The town of Vista Hermosa down the road from Ejido Jalpan in that town the last women that wore indigenous costume used the same style as is worn in the Pantepec region. In conversation with other women they described the red quechquemitl worn is Pantepec as being used by their mothers or grand mothers. While here this costumes is the same as worn in Tlaquilotepec, Puebla. The belt and the blouse and white wrap skirt are worn in that region.
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This map indicates the three styles of costume and the cross roads that divides them.

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