Introduction: Clothing, Rite and Religion: Popular Religiosity as an element of cultural and socioeconomic reproduction

Abstract

Rite and folklore are an integral part of religious practice. Popular celebration, religion and clothing are fundamental pieces of "the way the people see themselves." In this argumentative line, beyond that image progressively blurred by the unifying effect of globalization, through folklore and popular attire, they constitute a whole framework of analysis to understand the values, customs and meanings of each culture. However, despite what one might believe, and perhaps as a reaction to this globalizing effect, it is surprising the permanence, revitalization and vindication that peoples and regions do during the last decades, of their own traditional elements, such as dance, traditional festivals, and above all, the costume. Despite being parallel to an intense secularization of daily life.