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Kekchi

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Kekchi 

[Quekchí], an Indian people in Guatemala. Population, more than 200,000 (1970, estimate). The Kekchi constitute approximately 90 percent of the population in the department of Alta Verapaz; they also live in the departments of Izabal and El Peten. The Kekchi language is one of the Maya-Kekchian languages. The official religion is Catholicism, although numerous pre-Christian beliefs survive. The chief occupation is farming, including corn, beans, and tomatoes; many Kekchi do seasonal work on coffee and bean plantations. Handicrafts, including pottery making and weaving, are well developed.
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The Kekchi Maya live in small communities around San Antonio, in the south.
Cultural connections in Belize by Duran, Victor Manuel / Americas (English Edition)
Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life Among the Kekchi Maya in Belize, Northern Illinois University Press, Dekalb.
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Nahuatl and Kekchi are among the indigenous languages.
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