Red trousers with different patterns

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These trousers are woven with cotton in a hip loom. It is a richly embroidered pair of men's trousers of bright red cotton, consisting of four bands of fabric, with fringe at the legs; no insertion piece was used for the crotch. An embroidery is a decorative technique in which additional threads are added to the fabric after weaving. \The embroidered motifs are classical and done in many colors: geometric motifs, plants, birds and dolls.\In the villages around Lake Atitlán, the similarity between pants and shirt is typical: often the same color combinations and motifs.\Bought at Santa Catarina Palopó for Q 65.00 = fl. 130.00, (18-12-'79).\Santa Catarina Palopó is located in the department of Sololá. In 2007, Santa Catarina Palopó had a population of 4,306, of which 4,277 belong to the Kaqchikel culture.