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TzeltalMayan Indian group of central Chiapas state in southern Mexico. Traditionally an agricultural people, they cultivate corn (maize), beans, chiles, squash, manioc, and peanuts with digging sticks and hoes. Their major crafts are pottery, weaving, and basketry. They profess Roman Catholicism, though pre-Columbian rituals are also practiced. 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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Many were composed of indigenous women of Mayan, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Aymara, and Quecha heritage. In the Chiapas region of Mexico, Maffi found that the Tzeltal Maya had a sophisticated range of terms for describing symptoms in their language (distinguishing a wheezing cough from a hacking cough, for example). It was under such circumstances that on June 4, 1994, three Tzeltal teenage girls and their mother approached an Altamirano roadblock, carrying several baskets of produce, and headed toward the market in San Cristobal de las Casas. |
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