Beautiful people in beautiful dresses!

It has been awhile since I posted anything, although I have taken tons of pictures so I better repent and get some on here to  share.  One of my favorite things about this culture is how beautiful the women are in their Tipica dress.  We are told that you can tell where a woman is from by her clothes as each area has their own style.  

I love this shot of three ladies in blue walking along holding hands.  It is sometimes difficult to get pics of the front of them when we are driving by in a car but this shows you how beautiful the fabric is.  They always wear a matching or coordinating apron as you see by the straps in the back.  It covers their skirts all the way down to the bottom.

 This was captured in an open air market on one of our Monday forays up in the mountains.  Don't you love this cute little shopper with her shopping bag?  Notice the head piece on the lady on the right.  They wear interesting things on their heads.

I thought this was a cute picture of a mom with her little one tied on her back like they always do but look who is carrying the shopping bag!














These are some of the colorful loomed fabrics that they make their dresses and skirts from.  I'm going to have to choose one and have something made from it before we leave here.

 I guess carrying their children on their backs saves having to try to keep track of them while shopping which is always a challenge in our country.  Looks like this one would be quite a heavy load.

Even their little girls are dressed like their mothers in their beautiful cloth and embroidered tops.  Aren't these two adorable?  We just snapped this along the road one day. ( I don't know why I can't get the underline to go away!!)

This family on the right seemed to be on their way to church one Sunday afternoon.  

In the Temple Annex where our apartment is there is an Huespedes which is an area with two kitchens and a large room with tables for eating.  It also includes a large sitting room with couches and chairs.  Upstairs on our floor are bedrooms with bunk beds and bathrooms.  These are for the people who come from far away to attend the temple.  Notice how short they are compared to our visitor from Salt Lake.

This is the Choqui Branch from Momostenango up in the mountains.  These people are quite poor and carry the scent of wood smoke from their cooking and heating fires in their homes.  But look how beautiful this embroidered blouse is on this mother with her two sons having breakfast. 

 I am always drawn to the adorable babies with their huge dark eyes.  Isn't he handsome?