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A santo’s traje, or traditional dress, is complete with a wide faja (belt) such as this striped one. Although most Maya men adopted Hispanic dress, fajas remained one of the few indigenous garments worn by men into the present. This red belt includes…

Wooden saint figures, such as the one in the center, were lavishly dressed and re-dressed over time in layers of miniature clothes such as those on either side of him. Despite their European Catholic origin, santos and santas were “Mayanized” to…

Wooden saint figures, such as the one in the center, were lavishly dressed and re-dressed over time in layers of miniature clothes such as those on either side of him. Despite their European Catholic origin, santos and santas were “Mayanized” to…