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Women often make traditional clothing, blankets, and souvenirs that include [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|Zapatista]]-related items, such as pens with a clay figure on top in the figure of [[Subcomandante Marcos]] or [[Comandante Tacho]]. |
Women often make traditional clothing, blankets, and souvenirs that include [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|Zapatista]]-related items, such as pens with a clay figure on top in the figure of [[Subcomandante Marcos]] or [[Comandante Tacho]]. |
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==External links== |
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and if you win the dog your manatee will love you |
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*[http://www.pueblosindigenas.at.tf Photos of the Chamula people in traditional clothing] |
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chamula is another name for mad and angry its a great word |
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*[http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/irf/irf_rpt/1999/irf_mexico99.html Report of religious conflicts between Catholics and Evangelicals in Chamula in the late nineties] |
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*[http://web.ionsys.com/~remedy/San%20Juan%20Chamula.htm The Elliott's 'Remedy' Website] ''' |
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*{{es icon}} [http://www.nathangibbs.com/2007/10/29/san-juan-chamula/ Video from the town square ] during a festival, including a conversation with two young Chamulas ''(17 Sep 2007)''. |
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[[Category:Municipalities of Chiapas]] |
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Revision as of 00:45, 12 October 2008
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- For the wasp genus, see Chamula (wasp)
Chamula | |
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| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 55,600 |
San Juan Chamula is a municipio (municipality) and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas, with over 50,000 inhabitants. It is situated some 10 km (6.2 mi) from San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Chamula is located in the Chiapas highlands, at an altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet), inhabited by the indigenous Tzotzil Maya people, whose Tzotzil language is one of the Mayan languages.
The town enjoys unique autonomous status within Mexico. No outside police or military are allowed in the village. Chamulas have their own police force.
The church of San Juan, in the municipal cabecera (headtown), is filled with colorful candles, and smoke from burning copal resin incense, commonly used throughout southern Mexico. Along the walls of the church, as in many Catholic churches, are dressed-up wooden statues of saints in large wooden cases, many wearing mirrors to deflect evil.[citation needed] The local form of Catholicism is a blend of pre-conquest Maya customs, Spanish Catholic traditions, and subsequent innovations.
There are no pews in the church, and the floor area was completely covered in green pine boughs, and soda bottles, mostly Coca-cola, on the pine needle carpet. Curanderos (medicine men) diagnose the medical, psychological or ‘evil-eye’ afflictions and prescribe remedies such as candles of specific colors and sizes, specific flower petals or feathers, or in a dire situation a live chicken, to be brought to a healing ceremony. Chamula families kneel on the floor of the church with sacrificial items, stick candles to the floor with melted wax, drink ceremonial cups of Posh (bootleg whiskey based) or in recent years Coca Cola or Pepsi, and chant prayers in an archaic dialect of Tzotzil.
The main agricultural products are corn, beans, potatoes, and cabbage.[citation needed]
Women often make traditional clothing, blankets, and souvenirs that include Zapatista-related items, such as pens with a clay figure on top in the figure of Subcomandante Marcos or Comandante Tacho.
External links
- Photos of the Chamula people in traditional clothing
- Report of religious conflicts between Catholics and Evangelicals in Chamula in the late nineties
- The Elliott's 'Remedy' Website
- Template:Es icon Video from the town square during a festival, including a conversation with two young Chamulas (17 Sep 2007).
16°47′N 92°41′W / 16.783°N 92.683°W
