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Ladino: see Sephardim Sephardim (səfär`dəm) ..... Click the link for more information. . ladinoCentral American whose primary language is Spanish and who wears modern dress. Genetically ladinos may be of Indian, African, or mixed descent. An Indian may become a ladino by abandoning the Indian dress and customs. Many rural ladinos practice subsistence agriculture much like that of their Indian neighbours, but they tend to emphasize cash crops and modern farming techniques, which the Indians shun. In small towns ladinos commonly engage in commerce as well as farming. In the cities they engage in all occupations, from day labourer to university professor. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indigenous struggle was so pronounced that the government sought not to eliminate but to coopt and control the population, for example, creating Comunidades Indigenas in Boaco and Camoapa in the early twentieth century--communities that as outside creations did not correspond to real community interests and were dominated by ladinos. He and his colleagues studied three groups now living in the same part of the Guatemalan rainforest--native Itzaj Maya, Q'eqchi' Maya who moved to the area about 20 years ago, and Spanish-speaking Ladinos who immigrated around the same time. A leading member of the San Cristobal Ladino community, an individual who also considers himself an Autentico Coleto - the label taken by the most rascist of Ladinos - recalls Ruiz's social trajectory in the city as follows: ". |
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