Traditional Clothes for Latin Countries

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For work, school, play and everyday life, Venezuelan people dress just like in the US. But the folkloric tradition is as follows: The most common for men is the "Liquiliqui" . . . an all-white suit-like, with a high neckline. Search Simon Diaz, he is almost always dressed this way in formal pictures. A variation is white pants and a white shirt with a red scarf tied around the neck in a triangle, that falls on the shoulder/back. There are other simplistic "campesino" outfits, but they all wear "apargatas" ~ a sandle of sorts, black yarn on the top and rubber/leather sole. For women, the formal dress is a colorful, full flowing skirt, cut on the bias, an off the shoulder blouse, with one layer of ruffle across the chest and shoulders and a pony-tail to the side with a habiscus flowers in the hair, near the ear. The skirt length varies from tea-length to floor legnth; but it is always full/wide and you hold the sides in your hands, stretched out or on the hips. The variation includes printed skirts and colorful blouses. The Liqui liqui is the national costume for men in Venezuela . Traditionally white, beige, cream or ecru in color, it is also available in other shades. Recently, Liqui liquis have been worn by famous personalities in Venezuela for their wedding, in a renaissance of the traditional style of dressing – for example, by Leopoldo López, the mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, on the 10th of March 2007, also the singer and composer of Venezuelan folk music, Simón Díaz, is known to almost always wear one. The Liqui liqui is traditionally made of linen or cotton cloth, although gabardine and wool can also be used in its elaboration. The outfit is made up of a pair of full-length trousers and a jacket. The jacket has long sleeves and a rounded Nehru-style collar, which is fastened and decorated by a “junta”, or a chain link similar to a shirt

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