1.   The men wear calf-length white pants, dark ponchos, a long black braid and felt hat.

2.   Then comes the skull and long black braid of someone else.

3.   There were more tweeds, in herringbone, worn with simple sweaters, or sometimes a ruffled white blouse and a wool coat trimmed with black braid.

4.   Indian women in San Cristobal sell tourists tiny, ski-masked Ramona dolls wearing embroidered blouses and spouting black braids.

5.   Jasmina has dimples, pixieish black braids and an impish grin.