ARTS AND CRAFTS

Numerous ethnic groups live in the surrounding areas of Palenque, including the Choles, Tzeltales and the Lacondones. These people have maintained a strong tradition of making regional clothes, purses, leather bags, embroidered blouses, necklaces and jewelry with stone settings, wood and metal sculptures and ceramics. You?ll find these objects and much more at the stands outside the archaeological site or at the market in the town of Palenque.