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The rebozo is a female garment used in Mexico, Central America and some areas of South America. Rectangular and in one piece, the rebozos measure between 1.5 m to 3 m in length, and can be made of cotton, wool, silk or articela. They can be used as scarves or as shawls. Women often use them to carry their children and bring products to the market. Its price range varies from very economic to thousands of pesos. The rebozo is a product derived from the miscegenation produced by the Spanish Conquest. It is known that the indigenous Mexicans used them before the arrival of the Spaniards, but the word rebozo does not appear in the Spanish language until 1562.

The rebozo is made throughout Mexico, Central America and some countries in South America, but the Rebozos de Estado de Mexico, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí are particularly appreciated. San Luis Potosí is the home of the Otomí people, people famous for their weavings, and it is in Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí, where the Rebozo Caramelo is manufactured, the most expensive of all. It should be noted that in the State of Mexico, the traditional Rebozo Fair takes place every year during September, where reboceros teachers, winners of several national awards, meet in the center of Tenancingo de Degollado municipality to demonstrate their extraordinary work to national and foreign. The shawls are smooth, without design and a single color. Often, rebozos with green, white and red lines are used in the Fiestas Patrias.

The photographs of Agustín Casasola show the soldaderas, the women soldiers of the Mexican Revolution, carrying rebozos de pelita. As a distinctive Mexican garment, the rebozo has been extolled in the arts. The rebozo has been the subject of songs and poems, and Frida Khalo frequently painted self-portraits wearing rebozos. This garment reached such importance that in the eighteenth century laws and rules were issued for the elaboration in terms of size, fabric, kind of thread and drawing. Even the Virgin of Las Angustias was adopted as the patron saint of the reboceras. Like other garments, the rebozo has symbols such as the color and the interweaving of the threads that identify the origin of the people depending on the community that makes them and uses them. They also use this technique in Guatemala.

Given its folkloric nature, the rebozo is often used as part of the typical costume of traditional Mexican dances and Guatemalan marimba dances. The rebozo is not just a garment ornament, but it can also be used to carry babies, something that brings many benefits to both the baby and the carrier. The benefits of being loaded in rebozo are, for the baby: colics diminish, because when going belly with belly in a vertical position, it helps the digestive system that is still immature. The baby is integrated into social life: by going to the height of the mother instead of in the stroller at knee level, any communication that the mother has also has the baby, which helps him to be more sociable.

They sleep much better: by always being in contact with the mother, they listen to the beat of their heart and their breathing, which reminds them of their mother's womb, they are calmer and feel safe, which makes them sleep longer. The benefits of carrying the baby in rebozo are, for the parents: The baby can be closer to them, they always have their hands free and can develop any kind of activity, their weight is very well distributed and this allows that they do not have a extreme tiredness in the back and arms, a very special bond is established between the parents and the baby, gives security because they are always attached to your body, benefits breastfeeding, corrects incorrect postures and this allows that the spine and finally reinforces the relationship between the parents and the baby.

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