Traditional Maya dress for women consists of a blouse (huipil), skirt (corte, refajo or morga), sash (faja or banda), hair decoration (cinta) and shawl (perraje or rebozo).  Women may also wear or carry a utility cloth (tzute).  Tzutes can be sufficiently versatile to be worn as a baby sling, or used to carry bundles.  Larger cloths used to carry bundles are referred to as cargadors.

Today, most Guatemalan men wear contemporary clothing, yet in some villages men may be seen wearing traditional apparel.  Traditional Maya dress for men is usually comprised of a white cotton shirt (camisa), and white cotton knee- or calf-length pants (pantalones or calzones).  Over these, men usually tie a sash (faja or banda) around their waist, and may wear a tunic (capixay) or jacket (coton or saco) over the shirt.  Sometimes men use a tzute, which always differ from the women’s tzutes, and men, exclusively, may carry a bag (moral).
Guatemalan weavers devote the greatest attention, skill and decoration in weaving the huipil.  Today, as before, women communicate their social identity as well as their individual artistic creativity expression through their weavings, and especially through their huipil. Thus, this article of clothing becomes the most interesting for study and is also the easiest way to determine the wearer’s village of origin.