The Dance Leader, "Tlayeconqui", and his dancers are clothed in elaborate traditional outfits made of colorful embroidered cloth and animal skins, often adorned with polished stones or mirrors and accessories made of shells and seed pods.

The women wear highly decorated skirts or tunics, and the men sport a type of loincloth, or "maaxtlati".

Most impressive are the headdresses, or penachos, made of feathers of pheasants, eagles or other birds, which in movement provide a mezmerizing effect to the movements of the dance.