Faixa (wide belt)
The faixa is a wide and long belt that has became part of the
traditional Catalan costume. It is used to support the waist and lower back
during various physical activities, specially for working in the fields, as you
can see in a photo of Jaume Angelats and family taken in Monee Ponds. Nowadays,
the ‘faixa’ is mainly used for traditional dances and ‘castellers’, the Catalan
human castles.