User:OscarJg8/Huarache (shoe)

Traditional huarache designs vary greatly, but are always very simple. Originally made of all-leather, later designs included woven string soles and occasionally thin wooden soles. Subsequently, more elaborate upper designs were created by saddlers and leather workers.

The modern huarache developed from the adoption in the 1930s of rubber soles developed from used rubber car-tires. Modern designs vary in style from a simplistic sandal to a more complex shoe, using both traditional leather as well as more modern synthetic materials.

Many shoes claim to be huaraches, but they are only considered traditional huaraches if they are handmade, and have a woven-leather form in the upper.

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Image of huarche pata de gallo (middle) Museo de arte popular in Mexico City

Different parts of Mexico had different kinds of huaraches, the styles can differ from region to region. Pata de gallo is a type of huarache that directly translates to rooster's foot. It has been found in places in Oaxaca, Mexico. The pata de gallo closely resembles a flip flop. There are many kinds of huaraches in Mexico depending on the area. Aguascalientes had a huarache called the “momia” which means mummy. The momia huarache is a lot more covered than the pata de gallo, the momia only exposes the toes and ankle while covering the rest of the foot. Chiapas had their huaraches called "caites" that had a thick sole sometimes being 7 layers of leather and the caites covered the back of the ankle and had thin piece of leather between the big toe similar to the pata de gallo.