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Tzeltal

Mayan 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.



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Burkhart tracing the development of the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, two essays on the Maya-Christian synthesis among the Tzeltals and Yucatec Maya, and, especially interesting, "The Last Time the Inca Came Back: Messianism and Nationalism in the Great Rebellion of 1780-83" by Jan Szeminski.
The Indios from San Juan Chamulas, in white or black ponchos, and the Tzeltals in red-and-white-striped ponchos, broke the pattern of uniformed soldiers standing about everywhere.
He recently commented on these teams with childlike enthusiasm: "We have 7,000 indigenous catechists - Ch'ols, Tzotzils, and Tzeltals - working in these communities.
 
 
 
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