Mayan woman at Market
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
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Woman of Chamula

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Terms / Concepts:

• milpa
  
  
  • slash-and-burn
    
    
  • subsistence
    
    
    • maize [aka "corn"] (tortillas . . .)
    • metate and mano
    • cooking (fire and tin sheets)
    • tumpline
      • wheels on toys
        
        
  • "cash" crop
    
    
    • flowers (gladiolus)
      
      
• markets
  
  
  • tiangus
  • daily regional (capital)
  • gathering (gossip - news) + information
  • sales / trade
    
    
• washing done in stream
  
  
  • gossip
  • news
  • companionship
    
    
• weaving
  
  
  • chamara (tunic)
  • regional clothing patterns
    
    
• house
  
  
  • sleeping platforms

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• Chamula ---> San Cristobal de las Casas ---> Tuxtla ---> Oaxaca ---> DF
  
  
• identity
  
  
  • *Chamula ---> Mayan ---> Indian ---> Mexican
    
    
• values
  
  
  • children
    
    
    • cultural focus
      
      
  • "linear time" (clock time) not important
    
    
    • "Indian time"
    • time does not equal money
      
      
  • indifferent to wealth
    
    
  • love of simplicity
    
    
  • frequent festivals ("cargo" system)
    
    
  • importance of community
    
    
    • face-to-face interrelations important
    • cooperation important
    • reciprocity practiced
    • mutual support
    • etc.
      
      
  • love of nature

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• Chamula
  
  
• Maya