CRAFTS
Santo Tomas Jalieza is a quiet village that has a tradition of
making cotton products on waist or back-strap looms. The name comes
from the way it’s used. There are straps that wrap around
the backs of the artisans while the loom rests on their laps to
facilitate threading work.
Of the objects made, there are table place mats, runners, napkins
and other table supplies, vests, belts, back packs, purses and more.
There is a central co-operative where most weavers work, specially
on Fridays when people pass through on their way back to the nearby
market at Ocotlán de Morelos.
ARCHAEOLOGY
The archeological site is comparable in importance to Monte Albán.
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