Guayabera
The guayabera [ guajabeɾa ] is a linen shirt in Central America , the Caribbean and northern South America is worn. The shirt is used both by the rural population, but in these hot regions it is also considered correct business clothing (instead of a suit and tie).
The slightly wrinkled shirt has four patch shirt pockets on the front and is not tucked into the pants. In the business world, the guayabera is only worn in white (or slightly beige), but now there are also fashionable, colorful guayaberas. The exact origin can no longer be fully traced, one suspects Mexico or Cuba as the country of origin of the guayabera.
Well-known bearers of guayaberas are and were, for example, Ernest Hemingway and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but also Raúl Castro or Juan Carlos of Spain .
In Cuba, the guayabera was declared an official item of clothing for state and diplomatic occasions in October 2010. Men have to wear the classic version in white, women can vary shape and color.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Rory Carroll: Cuba's new look, the guayabera, is now an official dress garment. In: TheGuardian.com. October 7, 2010, accessed November 21, 2016 .