11 February 2007
re: Wearing a Tápalo at the NM State Legislature
14/02/07 05:34
Yesterday was a day set aside at the New Mexico State
Legislature to highlight our Hispanic culture in New
Mexico. As a member of La Sociedad Folklórica I was
one of eleven women in our organization that modeled
garments from our vintage clothes collection dating
back to the 1800's. I was very honored to be able to
model an old fashioned Spanish tápalo (a black
fringed shawl so often worn by older women) as in the
days of "Life in Los Sauces." I hope to eventually
post some pictures on the website. Mother mentions
tápalos on page 76 of our book.