The serape, sarape or jorongo is a long blanket-like shawl or cloak, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men. The accepted spelling of the word in Mexico and
A Navajo serape from the mid-19th century.
Classic Saltillo Serape, circa 1825
Traditional serapes are worn like a shawl or cloak. Its alteration into a poncho-like clothing item is more recent.
A cloak is a type of loose garment worn over clothing, mostly but not always, as outerwear for outdoor wear, which serves the same purpose as an overcoat and protects the wearer from the weather. It m
Serape
…The serape, sarape or jorongo is a long blanket-like shawl or cloak, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men. The accepted spelling of the word in Mexico and Spanish-speaking…
A young man in an evening cloak, 1823
Cloak, 1580–1600 Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 793-1901
Couple hiding under the same cloak, fragment of an Ancient Greek red-figure cup, c. 525–500 BC, found in Athens. Louvre Museum, Paris.