The traditional huipil from the Yucatan Peninsula (pronounced wee-pill, or wee-peel) is a vibrant symbol of Mayan culture, renowned for its loose-fitting design and colorful embroidered patterns.

Find out about clothes in the Maya civilisation with this year 3/4 BBC Bitesize primary history guide. ... A young Maya woman who is selling traditional goods at a market in Chiapas, Mexico.

LSU Textile Museum's current exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry,” is delves into the textile history of the Maya culture. The exhibit closes Aug. 30.

The final products were hung alongside traditional Mayan textiles earlier this month at the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver as “The Mayan Dress Code: Legacy and Continuity in Chiapas ...

Sunday will be the 34th Marathon of Los Angeles, and this year will have a different touch, since a woman of Mayan origin will run in a very special way.

GUATEMALA CITY – If you thought beauty pageants were about tantrums, tiaras and two-pieces, think again. For the past 45 years, indigenous women in Guatemala have been gathering in the mountainous ...

There are more than 20 Mayan ethnic groups in Guatemala, and the Lake Atitlán area is home to a handful of them, most notably the Tz’utujil and Kaqchikel people.