Ziwonetsero zaukazitape za anthu azikhalidwe zaku Chiapas ndizabwino komanso zosiyanasiyana. Polankhula makamaka za nsalu zomwe amapangira zovala zawo, ambiri amapangidwa pa nsalu yoluka kumbuyo.
Zovala zimasiyanasiyana kutengera gulu lirilonse; Mwachitsanzo, kulowera ku Ocosingo azimayi amavala bulauzi yokhala ndi khosi lozungulira lokongoletsedwa ndi maluwa komanso zingwe zopota za tulle; siketi yake kapena tangle ndi yakuda komanso yokongoletsedwa ndi maliboni achikuda.
Kumbali yawo, a Lacandon amavala mkanjo woyera woyera, ngakhale amavalanso thonje lamwambo, lomwe nsalu yake imapangidwa ndi zamkati zamatabwa, zokongoletsedwa ndi zizindikilo zakuthambo. Tikupita kumapiri a Chiapas tikupeza suti yokongola ya bambo waku Huistán, yemwe amakhala ndi thonje loyera wokhala ndi maluwa okongoletsedwa, mathalauza otambalala m'mabondo, lamba wofiira wokhala ndi nsonga zopachika ndi chipewa chosalala. Mkazi amavala nsalu yansalu. Ku Carranza, siketi ya mayiyu imasewera mtanda wopota wa Mayan kutsogolo, ndikumapeto kumapeto; Azimayi amaluka nsalu zawo, shawl ndi malaya amuna kuchokera ku thonje wabwino; amavala mathalauza otambalala, omangika kumapazi, okhala ndi mabwalo akuda.
Zovala zina zokongola ndi za Tenejapa. Chombocho chimapangidwa ndi kukhumudwa kwa Mayan, monganso ulusi wakuda wakuda. Zovala zazifupi zamamuna ndi lamba ndizopangidwa m'mbali. Zovala izi ndizofanana ndi zomwe a Chamula amavala komanso mbadwa za ku Magdalena Chenalhó. Komanso ku Larráinzar ma huipiles amavala zofiira, lamba amakhalanso wofiira ndipo shawl ndi yoyera ndi mikwingwirima yakuda. A Zinacantecos amavala thonje wamizere yoyera ndi yofiira yokhala ndi maluwa amaluwa okongoletsedwa, nsalu pamapewa ndi chipewa chapamwamba chomwe chimatuluka mchira wa nthiti zokongola. Mayiyo wavala bulauzi ndi shawl zokongoletsa kwambiri. Pomaliza, chovala cha Chiapas mestiza chimapangidwa ndi siketi yayikulu ndi bulawuzi yozungulira ya mkanda ndi zingwe, zonse zili mu tulle yokongoletsedwa ndi maluwa akulu okongola.
Ponena za ntchito zina zamanja, ku Amatenango del Valle ndi Aguacatenango amapanga chidebe chakale chonyamula katatu chomwe mapiri amayendetsa madzi, komanso ziwiya ndi mafano azinyama (ma jaguar, nkhunda, akadzidzi, nkhuku) zopangidwa ndi dongo. Chochititsa chidwi ndichodzikongoletsera zagolide ndi zasiliva komanso zidutswa za amber. Ku San Cristóbal timapeza miyala yamtengo wapatali ya jade, lapis lazuli, miyala yamtengo wapatali yamwala, miyala yamiyala yamiyala yamtengo wapatali komanso miyala yamtengo wapatali yamitsinje, kuwonjezera pa ntchito yosula zitsulo m'nyumba ndi mu Passion Crosses yotchuka, chizindikiro cha mzindawu.
Ndi nkhalango, kuyambira pofala kwambiri mpaka pamtengo wapatali kwambiri, ziboliboli, maguwa, ziwiya, mipando, zitseko zamatabwa, zotchinga, mabatani, zipilala zokhala ndi zipilala, ndi zina. M'derali sitingalephere kutchula za marimba osangalala, omwe amapangidwa ndi nkhalango zabwino kwambiri.
Ku Chiapa de Corzo, lacquer imagwiritsidwa ntchito mwachikhalidwe, ndi mchenga ndi mitundu yakutchire, mzidutswa monga xicapextles, jícaras, bules, niches ndi mipando, ndi maski a Parachicos amapangidwanso. Ma Lacandones amapanga mauta ndi mivi, mapaipi, miyambo, ndi ng'oma.
Sitolo yogulitsa zoseweretsa kuderali ndi yochuluka komanso yanzeru, zidole za "Zapatista" ndizodziwika kwambiri masiku ano. Kumbali inayi, pamaphwando kapena pamiyambo, owerengera nsalu, masks ndi zovala zokongola amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri.
Source: Malangizo ochokera ku Aeroméxico No. 26 Chiapas / winter 2002
