UPDATED: August 15, 2019 at 6:33 AM PST Once upon a time in Guatemala, you could tell the precise village a Mayan resident lived in by the clothes they wore.

For a millennium, Mayan women have woven huipiles, brightly colored tunic-like garments worn for a variety of occasions from work, to religious ceremony, to social gatherings and the techniques used ...

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.

Traditional Maya clothing is gender specific, typical of the wearer's home village, and often indicative of a person's background and status.

In Yucatan, Mexico the local Mayan population has a collaboration, literally, out of this world, working on a factory making high-tech clothing for NASA. In Yucatan, Mexico the local Mayan ...