Huichol Huaraches at the Mercado La Ciudadela in Mexico City.
Posted: January 3, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Crafts, Huarache, Huaraches, Huichol, Mexico, Sandals, Traditional Footwear, Woven Sandals 3 Comments »One of the Huichol crafts booths in the far corner of the crafts market called Mercado La Ciudadela in Mexico City sells 2 styles of chrome leather Huaraches as worn by the Huichols.
A ‘Cruzado’ design.
And this ‘Colores Patrios’ design.
The green-and-red Huaraches are super durable. I own two pair. Wore the first everyday for nearly a year and they still held up, except the red laces broke. They are just decoration. Wish I had 10 pair!!! I bought them from a Huichol teenage who sold bead artwork at our restaurant in Yelapa. Leather is thick and durable, better than any other huarache I have owned.
I saw them on your blog, fell in love and hurried my last day around the city to finally find them, in a plastic bag, in a corner lowest shelf of the huichol crafts shop. I bought a pair for 200 pesos and told the lady in my broken spanglish how I got there and how happy i was to find them.
Really nice shoes and when the summer finally breaks here in the Netherlands, I will wear them very happily.
Thanks for a very encouraging comment. Huarache Blog was created to show people where to buy Huaraches in Mexico and I’m very glad that it is serving its purpose.