This document summarizes information about four different regions in Mexico: La Mixteca, Sierra, La Montaña, and Pinotepa Nacional. The Mixteca region is located southwest of Tehuacan and known for its traditional dress including embroidered blouses, skirts, and sandals. Local crafts include woven reed baskets and worked stones. The Sierra region is east of Tehuacan known for vanilla production and rum. Crafts include woodcarving, weaving, and textiles. Abundant wildlife includes butterflies, frogs, lizards, snakes, and birds of prey. The Montaña region is the highest and coldest, dominated by pine

1. REGION DE LA MIXTECA
location
This region is distinguished as semi-desert, is located south-west of the town of Tehuacan
and where populations are:
san jose san gabriel miahuatlan zapotitlan chilac caltepec
DRESS
The traditional vestimento Mixteca changed over
time, the dress is now known in the shawl, white
blouse embroidered with vivid colors, the zoyate, the
Nahua "skirt" and huaraches. The previous suit only
the wealthy could have it and was only used for
special occasions like weddings, parties or
stewardships traditions. Ordinary people (the rest of
the people) used the "Güipil" as blouse and dress
made of sheepskin like a towel (and) that I wrapped
around them.
The traditional rebozo San Juan Mixtepec was white. The yarn to make the shawl sprang
from the slime of a worm called "worm yield" these worms were bred as pets and also with
very fragile so they could live as they were very delicate. The garment shawl quintessential
mestizo, born of their need to cover mestizo women face to enter temples. Inspired by the
friars imposed touch indigenous women on this occasion and took the loom weavers to
weave shawls prehispanic and later cotton silk and wool.
The white blouse with designs of flowers around the neck, arm and chest.
The zoyate is made of cotton with figures of frets and the tip with a section made of palm.
It is used around the waist as a belt or sash, and at the fact that this palm is used as a purse.
The Nahuas are wide and colorful flower designs and traditionally reach the ankle.
sandals of the first people were made of palm Mixtepec, then using the skin of animals,
then to get the strap sandals.
CLIMATE
The prevailing climate in Pinotepa Nal., Is classified as Subh-
medo hot with summer rains with annual oscilacintrmica Aw2
isothermal type (w) ig. The storm precipitacin focuses on
estacinclida (June to September), which falls PERIOD 81.7%
of the annual total (1514.7 mm). The average annual
temperature is 27C (Garcia, 1988).

2. Crafts
FESTIVAL OF KILLING
One of the greatest traditions of Tehuacán, the dish is called "Hips
Mole", which arises from the Matanza Festival, included since 1997 in
the directory CONACULTA festivals and artistic cultural heritage of the
state of Puebla on 22 October 2004.
"Massacre" is a tradition that began in the early seventeenth century. Being introduced goats in
New Spain, began crossbreeding foodstuff gastronomy contributed to a variety of dishes as the
backbone in garlic, ajoarriero spine, udders kidneys, tongue, head, brain tacos beans with goat leg
and what the chefs deftly was created.
Chronicles recorded that "since 1784, every third Thursday of the month of October, is sacrificed
goats which derives a flavor and seasoning meat with unsurpassed"
baskets made of reed , different parts are manufactured marble and onyx stones in most of the
area.
fruits, flowers, bread donkey and confetti adorning offerings Chilac straw hats are manufactured
and synthetic fiber mats, bottles are lined handbags.
FAUNA
The fauna in the area, it is basically black iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata and
C. similis), armadillos (Dasypus movemcinotus), ounces (Felix yagouarundi)
chachalacas (Ortalis vetula), quail (Dendrortyx macroura), cucuchas
(Leptotila sp.), mazacoa (constrictor constrictor), vbora rattlesnake (Crotalus
terrifus) and tetereques (Basiliscus sp.), among others (Rodriguez, 1989). It
should be mentioned that due to the cacera, have greatly diminished populations of black iguana,
deer (Odocoeleos virginianus), and rabbit (Sylvilagus cunicularis).

3. flora
The vegetation of the region, corresponds to the Neotropical, corresponding to the remnants of
tropical deciduous forest (Rodriguez, 1989), as the primary vegetation is highly disturbed due to
human activities: agriculture slash-and-burn agriculture, extensive cattle, timber extraction, and
urbanization. Within the cacahuananche estn representative plants (Gliricidia sepium), palo
mulato (Bursera simaruba), copal (Bursera copallifera) cuajilote (Guazuma ulmifolia), among
others.
Region de la sierra
location
In this particular region are virgin forests of the area and where vanilla is grown in a place
called River Tezinzintepetl Tonto is as specified production that occurs in that area the rum,
like the liquor "Lapo".
This region is located east of the town of Tehuacan and where populations are: zoquitlan
eloxochitlan coyomeapan tlacotepec de díaz.

4. Crafts
Wood carving, manufacturing of wooden spoons,
reed baskets, blowers triangular palm, and in small
quantities making wool clothing.
Woven palm and reed.
They are made of wool textile work, (and Nahua
cotons embroidered) palm tissues and reeds.
fauna
. Among insects are unique characteristics of solid species
like the butterfly Aricia morronensis. Among amphibians
highlights the natterjack toad and the painted frog. The
diversity of the reptile community includes, among others,
the lizard, the vipers and the Montpellier snake.
But, undoubtedly, are the group best known birds. In the
forests abound with pleasure chickadees, crossbills and
myths. Among raptors, by the day, the hawk and the hawk always lurking, and at night,
and the tawny owls are the kings, and this park one of the few parts of the Region where
you can hear her singing.
The edges of the pine trees and the hedges are preferred by scribes, finches and
thrushes, and they become abundant the eagle and the golden eagle.
FLORA
• The Sierra region presents ... virgin forests that
have floral scents thousand, are your gardenias and
vanilla scent which this garden.
• Saw Tzinzintepetl beautiful, cute as sultana rests
his vassal the fool laughed that which protects
sovereign.
• Its dense forest green robe with lace are its
waterfalls flamboyant white tail lights and fireflies.
• Far away beasts are mills that move slowly so that
later the stills rich rum den.

5. • I'm from the mountains never forget my country has its tradition do the famous liquor
lapo always inspires the song.
• From birth to Tehuacán saw because I can not forget his greatness; Even as much to tell
his stately palace, the freshness of the main park, the stunning beauty of its beautiful
Cathedral. Also our killing and our famous mineral water.
REGION DE LA MONTAÑA
This region is in the highest place and cold in the municipality and is patron of the region
"Our Lady of the Snows" and extensive vegetation dominated and most of the people who
live there are engaged in the lumber yard, which most of this wood is pine and fir as well as
its other activity is the embroidery and textiles.
This region is located north of the town of Tehuacan and where populations are: san
antonio cañada vicente guerrero nicolas bravo
DRESS
Costumes from the mountain
Men wear trousers and tunic blanket, strap sandals and straw hat
and overcoat, women wear blouse with hand embroidery thread
and brightly colored satin, embroidered each strip is a
combination of flowers, birds, sheep, eagles devouring snakes ,
all arranged with great taste, dress is complemented by a
petticoat and jewelry are usually jewelry.
Crafts
They are made of woven palm work and reed.

6. fauna
The faunal composition is quite varied. Among insects are
unique characteristics of solid species like the butterfly Aricia
morronensis. Among amphibians highlights the natterjack toad
and the painted frog. The diversity of the reptile community
includes, among others, the lizard, the vipers and the
Montpellier snake.
But, undoubtedly, are the group best known birds. In the
forests abound to placercarboneros, myths and crossbills.
Among raptors, by the day, the hawk and the hawk always
lurking, and at night, and the tawny owls are the kings, and this park one of the few parts of the
Region where you can hear her singing.
FLORA
Are representative xeric scrub, which
ranks first in area (32.9%). Includes
crasicaule scrub characterized by the
presence of columnar cacti, the desert
scrub dominate rosetophilous where
agaves and ruffs, the mesquite located in
floodplains; chaparral vegetation found as
transitional in the bottom of the mountains
high complex. We also have vast expanses
of deciduous forests, which are the second
type of dominant vegetation in the
Reserve, with 24.1% of the total area,
where live plants that adapt to sudden changes in weather as much of the year are dry but
when it rains it creates an explosion of greenery. In the highlands, ranking third in area
occupied (19.5%) have temperate forests of pine, oak, juniper and other associated species
such as orchids and bromeliads.

7. LA rEGION DEL ALTIPLANO
LOCATED
It is located northeast of the city of Tehuacán and where populations are: tepanco de lópez
chapulco santiago miahuatlan .
DRESS
Crafts
palm tissue
FLORA AND FAUNA
(The Cerro Colorado near the headwaters and historic measures 2.200 meters of altitude above
sea level, The Chichintepec that has 3.180 meters and the Santa Lucia southward, which measures
2.500 meters are the main point of Tehuacán).
In the Cerro Colorado fought the first tehuacaneros (Popolocas) of Moctezuma Aztec forces ... And

8. with the passage of time this hill was important to the story ... there in the hollow stone still in
place over the years on This legendary mountain, appeared the Virgin of the Conception (news
given by the Spanish), and in her honor was built the Cathedral, also known as the old parish of
Our Lady of Conception and Cave, where the remains of illustrious rebel leader, Don Valerio
Trujano who was the right arm of General Don Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon happened in this part
of Tehuacan, in their struggle for independence from Mexico.
Region del valle
LOCATED
It is located at the ends of the north and southeast of the city of Tehuacán, which include the
following towns: tehuacan
DRESS
The dress expresses the cultural identity of a region, and regularly in response to the climate and
the physical configuration of the place. Similarly, it may call the social, economic, religious or
marital status of the person who wears it.
A costume determines colors, fabrics and embellishments that largely have to do with the
historical formation of the different peoples.
The attire of the regions of the state varies both by the number of existing ethnic and geographic
differentiation for each, on the other hand is where women's dress clothes are the true
significance of each site.

9. Crafts
Among its attractions are architectural Cultural Complex and the Church of "El Carmen", Tehuacán
Cathedral, the Church of San Francisco, the Temple of Calvary, the church of St. Peter the Apostle
(Ácoquiaco), the House of Culture and the Tehuacán Valley Museum.
FLORA AND FAUNA
Vegetation The municipality has a great diversity in this area. In areas of the valley where
the ground is not too flat but not too rough, there are areas of mesquite. In the mountains
of Zapotitlán and Zongolica, the vegetation consists mainly of desert scrub, scrub and low
forest vegetation. To the northwest, where the municipality reaches higher and the
climate is milder, are pine-oak forests. In the Ithacan-
Valley 10 Cinemas that your ends between points north and south, which acicalas your face and
your outline with your Ajalpan yellowish clay, with a blue sky with unmatched dust Texcala onyx
with faded red and your hill .
• Valley entretejes sad and happy that your flat geography that swings down interlocking
disheveled reed wheat and cornfields ... Rales thirst, mesquite and fruit ... da lowlands.
• In your bosom rises presumptuous your mystical city that at another time in your Indians
become Mrs. ... and amid peace and fuss when the light starts to become shadow, sings his hymn
written Symphony magpies and laurel leaves jacarandas miraculous waters with notes of cactus
with sticky ink and indelible lyrics grenades.
• City quieter than your diaphanous thyself fair princess tiara of your dreams with the beautiful
park with your patron Cathedral serious your stately palace and a monastery, the street date for
irrigation, and the aged Ahuehué in San Lorenzo, and Calvary legendary myths.
Valle, City, and I feel my name, because its air school kept my laughter and my tears dried many
times as a child, because my remains of man who seems earth shall be your land to join in
anything to my elders, and because my mind made flower in the garden of her eternal spring to

10. fall to their land and their women.