Identifier: republicofmexico00garc (find matches)
Title: The Republic of Mexico in 1876. A political and ethnographical division of the population, character, habits, costumes and vocations of its inhabitants
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912 Henderson, George F
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Mexico Mexico -- Social life and customs
Publisher: Mexico : "La Enseñanza" Printing Office

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The Totonacos, of a better and more docile character than the Mexicans, from Xico and beyond there, are of a yellower complexion, which in my opinion proceeds from the elevated temperature in which they live as well as from the humidity of the soil and their proximity to the coasts. Their dress differs from that of the Huauchinangos in the tunic, the stuff of which is of a coffee-colored and white linen. The native women are extraordinarily clean in their persons and dress, the style of the latter being sometimes elegant. A narrow skirt called chincue and a quichmequel tastefully embroidered compose their attire. Their headdress is no less attractive ; they tie their long and jet-black hair with colored ribbons and bind their heads with their well-plaited braids. (See Plate V. group 2nd.)
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