"The huipil is most often constructed of two back strap-woven panels sewn together. Traditional features of Comalapa huipiles include the "creya" (a red weft-faced shoulder stripe), stylized bird and animal motifs, the "rupaj plato", (a stylized diamond shape representing a ceremonial plate), horizontal multi-colored separator stripes and bands of small checkerboard-like figures at the bottom of the brocading. . .The large ceremonial sobrehuipil is worn over another huipil without putting the arms through the tiny decorative armholes. Cofradía members often use the sobrehuipil folded on the head as a sunshade, or turned inside out to protect it from the sun for daily use." Centro de Textiles Tradicionales Nim Po't, Antigua Guatemala.