Museo de Trajes Regionales
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Museo de Trajes Regionales is located in San Cristobal de las Casas
, Chiapas, Mexico. The museum displays more than 90 costumes and dress from the indigenous populations of Chiapas. This is unique because typically all clothing and personal possessions are buried with the dead. Jewelry, musical instruments, costume accessories, religious objects, hats, masks, animal skins and statuettes are on display. The tour is given by the museum collector and owner Sergio Castro Martinez
, a knowledgeable local humanitarian. He describes the locations, dress, ceremonies, ways and daily life of the indigenous.
Yok Chij
Stichting Chiapas Indianen - Dutch foundation supporting the work of Sergio Castro
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas also known as it's native Tsotsil name, Jovel is a city and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas...
, Chiapas, Mexico. The museum displays more than 90 costumes and dress from the indigenous populations of Chiapas. This is unique because typically all clothing and personal possessions are buried with the dead. Jewelry, musical instruments, costume accessories, religious objects, hats, masks, animal skins and statuettes are on display. The tour is given by the museum collector and owner Sergio Castro Martinez
Sergio Castro Martinez
Sergio Arturo Castro Martinez resides in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. He is by training an agricultural engineer, teacher and veterinarian. However, by nature he is a true humanitarian, ethnologist and polyglot...
, a knowledgeable local humanitarian. He describes the locations, dress, ceremonies, ways and daily life of the indigenous.
Yok Chij
Stichting Chiapas Indianen - Dutch foundation supporting the work of Sergio Castro