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I would like to say a word for the shawls of Zinacantán. This is an indigenous town about fifteen minutes from San Cristóbal, home to 38,000 people or so, among whom, incidentally, are the members of the city's championship basketball team. What's really remarkable about the place, though, are the clothes, and specifically the shawls wrapped around the shoulders of nearly every woman and girl on the street. They are in deep blues and purples, every once in a while a bit of red or green, decorated with stitched flowers and leaves in fabrics that glint just a little bit in the sun. It all reminds me of the scene in Fantasia when the fairies spread frost in the garden, and afterwords the plants sparkle like they were covered in diamonds.
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