San Juan Chamula is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is situated some 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from San Cristóbal de las Casas. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 76,941.[1] Virtually the entire population of the municipality is indigenous and speaks an indigenous language. In 2010, the census reported that 99.5% of the population age 3 years or older speaks an indigenous language.[2] The Tzotzil people and language dominate the municipality.[3]
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San Juan Chamula is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is situated some 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from San Cristóbal de las Casas....
The Guitarra chamula is a stringed instrument from San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico. It has 10 or 12 metal strings of all the same thickness in 4 courses...
intelligibility, named after the different regions of Chiapas where they are spoken: Chamula, Zinacantán, San Andrés Larráinzar, Huixtán, Chenalhó, and Venustiano Carranza...
about 298,000. The municipalities with the largest Tzotzil population are Chamula (48,500), San Cristóbal de las Casas (30,700), and Zinacantán (24,300)...
with San Juan Chamula challenged Tuxtla Gutierrez which, with only a small ragtag army overwhelmingly defeated the army helped by chamulas from San Cristóbal...
(drink), a ceremonial drink common among the Maya, especially those in Chamula Candy Buttons, also called "pox", small rounded pegs of candy that are...
The Chamula mountain brook frog (Duellmanohyla chamulae) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Chiapas, Mexico. Its natural habitats are...
the scene of a succession of uprisings, including the "Caste War" or "Chamula Rebellion" (1867–1870) and the "Pajarito War" (1911). The EZLN emerged...
Juan, Intibucá San Juan, La Paz Colonia San Juan, Mexico City San Juan Chamula, Chiapas San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco San Juan de Ulúa, a small island...
fundaciones. Estudios de Cultura Maya XLV: 11–48. Gossen, Gary H. (1974), Chamulas in the World of the Sun. Time and Space in a Maya Oral Tradition. Cambridge...
Living Maya". Wabash Magazine. Wabash College. Retrieved 11 August 2020. In Chamula, ancient Mayan beliefs mingle with Roman Catholicism—the "syncretism" we've...
Kovaltchuk (2008), pp. 162–63. "Maya and Catholic Religious Syncretism at Chamula, Mexico". Vagabondjourney.com. 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2014-02-12. Traditional...
for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas Pérez Méndez's body was found in Chamula, Chiapas. His wife and son were found wounded in the same location. Humberto...
Tzotzil, who were divided into a number of provinces; the province of Chamula was said to have five small towns grouped closely together. The Tojolabal...
Chamula. Influenced by psychoanalyst Karen Horney, Bunzel focused on the psychological factors contributing to different drinking patterns in Chamula...
anthropological works Juan Pérez Jolote, biografía de un tzotzil and Los mazatecos y Chamula, un pueblo indio de los altos de Chiapas. Arciniega's parents were Eduardo...
visited San Cristóbal de las Casas, Palenque, Chiapa de Corzo, San Juan Chamula 5 (487) Monterrey Summit Vasilisa March 27, 2021 Also visited Monterrey...
stated that the arpa jarocha was used in Jalisco, Michoacán, and among the Chamula Indians; this is incorrect. Each of those regions developed their own adaptation...
Living Maya". Wabash Magazine. Wabash College. Retrieved 11 August 2020. In Chamula, ancient Mayan beliefs mingle with Roman Catholicism—the "syncretism" we've...
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