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    The Tzotzil are an Indigenous Maya people of the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. As of 2000, they numbered about 298,000. The municipalities with...
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    Tzotzil (/ˈ(t)soʊtsɪl/; Batsʼi kʼop [ɓatsʼi kʼopʰ]) is a Maya language spoken by the Indigenous Tzotzil Maya people in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Some...
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  • Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Paris on November 13, 1987 with overdubbed poetry recorded in London on November 16...
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    jaguars and the acquisition of jaguar power have been preserved by the Tzotzil and Chol Maya. This mythological type defines the relationship between...
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    the Tzeltalan branch, Tzotzil and Tzeltal, both spoken in Chiapas by large and stable or growing populations (265,000 for Tzotzil and 215,000 for Tzeltal)...
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    Common names: Tzotzil montane pitviper. Cerrophidion tzotzilorum is a venomous pit viper species which is native to southern Mexico. There are no subspecies...
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    Chiapas (section Tzotzils)
    Chiapas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃjapas] ; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: Chyapas [ˈtʃʰjapʰas]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas (Spanish:...
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  • Vizarí, Bisári, Bizári or Wisari) is a common Tzotzil surname originating from the Indigenous Tzotzil peoples of Chiapas in Southern Mexico. The "s"...
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    speakers (at least 400,000 speakers) include Yucatec Maya, Tzeltal Maya, Tzotzil Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. According to the Law of Linguistic Rights, Mexico...
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    followed by Yucatec Maya used daily by nearly 850,000 people. Tzeltal and Tzotzil, two other Mayan languages, are spoken by around half a million people...
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    Casas (Spanish: [saŋkɾisˈtoβal de las ˈkasas] ), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (pronounced [xɤ̞ˈve̞l]), is a town and municipality located...
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    Maya language, the name is spelt Kʼukʼulkan (/kʼuː kʼuːlˈkän/) and in Tzotzil it is Kʼukʼul-chon (/kʼuːˈkʼuːl tʃʰon/). The Yucatec form of the name is...
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    200 meters (7,200 feet). It is inhabited by the indigenous Tzotzil Maya people, whose Tzotzil language is one of the Mayan languages. The town enjoys unique...
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  • alcoholic drink in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico. The word "pox" in Tzotzil means "medicine, cane liquor, cure." Pox was commonly used in religious...
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  • Mayan family (including Huastec, Yucatec, Mopán, Lacondón, Chol, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Chuj, Tojolabal, Cakchiquel, Tzutujil, Sacapultec, Pocomam, Pocomchí and...
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    to Warm the Flesh: The Role of the Steambath in Highland Maya (Tzeltal-Tzotzil) Ethnomedicine" (PDF). Journal of Latin American Lore. 20 (1): 3–96. –...
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  • religion Pech traditional religion Q'eqchi' religion Tzeltal religion Tzotzil native religion Tzʼutujil traditional religion Mixe religion Nagualism...
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    the EZLN and the Chiapas conflict) Maya groups in Chiapas include the Tzotzil and Tzeltal, in the highlands of the state, the Tojolabalis concentrated...
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    Like the neighboring K'iche' (Quiché), they were governed by four lords: Tzotzil, Xahil, Tucuché and Acajal, who were responsible for the administrative...
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  • Akatek, Jakaltek, Qʼanjobʼal, Tzeltal, Mochoʼ, Tojolab'al, Mam, Ixil, Tzotzil, Poqomam, Yucatecan Maya, Motozintlecos, Awakatek, Kaqchikel, Sakapultek...
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    any time of year. In the state Chiapas, it is common for the indigenous Tzotzil people to sell atole. It is usually sold as street food but can be found...
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  • people Independent Maya, including: Lakandon Chʼol people Tojolabal people Tzotzil people Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1523–1547) Location: Mesoamerica (ModernMexico)...
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    for both visionary and therapeutic ends. The contemporary Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya of Highland Chiapas (Mexico) are bearers of this ethnobotanical inheritance...
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    Translations into languages without a tradition of writing (e.g., Kaqchikel, Tzotzil) have been published as audio recordings and as transliterations with Latin...
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    to specific ancestors and deities (see also Maya cave sites). Thus, the Tzotzil town of Zinacantan is surrounded by seven 'bathing places' of mountain-dwelling...
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    dedicated to the promotion of the medical practices among the ancient Tzotzil–Tzeltal population in the south of México. The museum has a garden with...
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  • Men with Guns (category Tzotzil-language films)
    (United States) Running time 127 minutes Country United States Languages Spanish Mayan Kuna Nahuatl Tzotzil English Budget $2.3 million Box office $910,773...
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    languages to have developed tone, the others being Uspantek and one dialect of Tzotzil. Yucatec distinguishes short vowels and long vowels, indicated by single...
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    Municipalities (De facto), Mexico Mexico Mixtec 520,000 Mexico Mexico Tzotzil 490,000 Mexico Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (De facto), Mexico Mexico...
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    worship earth deities named after Moctezuma. His name also appears in Tzotzil Maya ritual in Zinacantán where dancers dressed as a rain god are called...
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