Description

Cintas, or hair ribbons, are another part of most Mayan women's traditional dress. Each village has their own style of cinta as well as their unique way of wearing it. How a woman wears her cinta may, in some villages, indicate whether she is married or has children. It may also indicate the wearer's wealth or social or religious status. This cinta is from Aguacatán in Guatemala and is heavily brocaded with geometric designs in reds, blues, and greens. Aquacatán is situated at the foot of the Cuchumatanes range where many small streams branch into the larger Chimoy River system.The residents speak Aquacatec, an isolated Maya dialect only spoken there. It is an important vegetable gardening center. Its name comes from the locally grown avocado (aquacate).