South america traditional clothing

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Indigenous Guatemalan women in traditional clothing

Bahian Woman in Traditional Dress by Marcos Casiano, via Flickr Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the eastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size. Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, or more properly, São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, and is located at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of All Saints,...

A kuna woman wearing traditional garb in the Colombian jungle. Love the mix of prints!

Traditional men's dress in the Ausangate region of Peru.

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Mannequins dressed in Peruvian clothing from the Cuzco region of Peru. Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM

Most people in Venezuela wear the same things as we do here in the United States. But some women wear traditional long skirts with off the shoulder blouses, as shown above, and the men typically wear western clothes.

The traditional dress in Latin America is so much more than just a costume. It provides a link to the region's history, as well as a portrayal of each countries' national identity. Furthermore, most of Latin American countries shares cultural Spanish (or Portuguese, in the case of Brazil), Indigenous, and African influences