White Cotton Blouse with Openwork

This white openwork blouse is a work made by artisans from San Felipe de los Herreros, an indigenous community of the purépecha region formed by 4 villages. Located in the Municipality of Charapán in the State of Michoacán. To finish the openworks, the artisans work on them for two months. The term “purépecha” comes from the “p’urhé” “people” or “person”. The Purépecha culture is known to be a culture that has sustained more strongly than others, due the existence of a bigger population and the continuous practice of their customs.  It is among the most important societies of the Mesoamerican post-classical period. Their origins come from a pre-Conquest mix of Chichimecas, Nahuatl and pretarasco groups who lived in the riversides and islands of Lake of Pátzcuaro at the end of the XII century. There is a hypothesis about their origin that talks about a migration from Peru to Michoacan.