Tilma
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A tilma (or tilmàtli) is a simple cloak as commonly worn by Indians and Mexicans. The most famous tilma is that worn the Mexican peasant Juan Diego, on which the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is engraved. It hangs in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, which ranks as the third most-visited religious site in the entire world today.[1]