Traditional Clothing of the Mapuches

In Chile, and part of Argentina, you can find the mapuche indians as the most native population of these Latin American lands, being for that reason widely recognized by the historians of the Latin American region thanks to their customs and traditions, which also come to include their traditional costume.

La Mapuche clothing It is closely related to their textile art, having been the main thing in the case of men the presence of a blanket that went from the waist down as if it were pants, called fluff, accompanied by a poncho or a shirt.

The case of women is a little more complex, thanks to the presence of the so-called chamal as the main garment, which is itself a large black scarf that covers the entire body like a dress. This is accompanied by a sash for the waist and the iquila, which is a large fine cloth, also black, that is decorated in different tones on the edge.


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