Given their Spanish roots, these skirts flare and are colorful. They might be made of an assortment of fabrics from hand-woven cloth to rich silks. Much like the blouses and huipil, the skirt can have vast and colorful embroidery and symbols. They might also be solid colors like red, yellow and purple. While most traditional skirts are ankle length, knee-length skirts can also be found. Additionally, traditional skirts wrap around the body and are secured by a sash. A rebozo is a cross between a shawl and a scarf that drapes along the body accentuating the fluid and feminine movements of a woman.
Typically crafted of rough cotton, the rebozo can come in a variety of styles and colors. These shawls might be decorated with intricately woven fringes. While the rebozo is a decorative costume element, it also is functional in helping to swaddle and carry a baby. Traditional outfits for men are less elaborate than a women's outfit.
Most men traditionally wore shirts, pants and boots of one color. However, there were a few distinct traditional elements that men wore. One known traditional element of Mexican wear is the sombrero. While a festival sombrero will be colorful with flourishes around the rim, an everyday sombrero is just a straw hat to keep the sun from a man's face. A cross between a poncho and a blanket, the sarape was used to keep warm in the winter months.
Typically made of wool or fleece, everyday wear comes in muted tones of greys and browns for shepherds.
However, for festivals, multicolored patterns of reds, blues and yellows can be found. Most children wore the clothing that their mother or father wore except in a smaller version. However, young babies and girls could have worn a huipil or blouse like dress. This dress typically featured bright embroidery along the front and hem. The cloth could be white or dyed. The serape functions as a saddle blanket, a sleeping bag and an overcoat in cold or rainy weather.
Today, the serape comes in wonderfully ornate designs representing the indigenous roots of the wearer. The sombrero is an essential article for life in the hot Mexican countryside.
The traditional indigenous sombrero is woven from reeds and doesn't have the broad rim of the more ceremonial sombrero charro used by Mariachi. Both indigenous men and women wear leather sandals, and their simple cotton or wool clothing is often embroidered with intricate, colorful patterns that reflect the particular style of the home community.
Even the thickness and color of the lines on a rebozo can indicate a person's home village. Next, we'll talk about the traditional sounds of Mexican culture with an exploration of folk and popular music. There are three primary types of Mexican clothing. There is daily clothing which varies according to profession and economic class but in general consists of slacks or jeans with a button-down shirt or T-shirt for men and a skirt or slacks with a blouse or T-shirt for women.
Then there is traditional Mexican clothing, which varies by region but often includes shirts made from natural fibers such as cotton and agave, shawls known as rebozos which are also wrapped and used to carry babies , leather cowboy boots and, for men, sarapes, or big blankets worn over the shoulder for warmth. Finally, there is ceremonial clothing worn for indigenous dances, cultural festivals and other special occasions. Children and teenagers often wear jeans and T-shirts but, during the week, most of them are in school uniforms because even public schools require them.
A typical school uniform consists of a white or light-colored polo shirt with the school's name and insignia on the chest. Boys wear slacks, usually navy blue, and girls wear skirts that go just past the knee. Students wear thick-soled black shoes and the girls wear long white socks that extend over the knee.
Some of the key features of Mexican clothing that make them stand out from its United States counterparts include natural dying and hand-stitching. What we know today as typical Mexican clothing has much to do with this influence. One of the more emblematic women's outfits is the china poblana, or Chinese Pueblan in English.
This outfit is known for its white shirt, shawl and wide, colorful dress. What many people are not familiar with is its origin — it uses the word Chinese for a reason.
The history of this type of dress goes back to the 19th century and an Indian slave by the name of Mirra. Mirra was a slave to a Chinese family in present-day Kochi, India.
Kidnapped by pirates , she made her way to Mexico, by now a converted and devout Catholic, where she was sold to a Pueblan merchant. Unwilling to give up her traditional clothing, she continued to wear a sari, which would later serve as the inspiration for the dress we know today. Catarina de San Juan, Mirra's adopted name, would later attain her freedom and spend the remainder of her life in a convent, passing away at the age of 82 in
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