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Guatemala's Living Culture

Pascual Abaj IdolMaya Ceremony in Chichicastenango

Rite to Pascual Abaj Idol (left), Chichicastenango, in the Highlands. Note the different colors in the candles, serving different purposes.

The language spoken in the areas below is (mentioned)


Nebaj, Quiché (Ixil)

Cobán Alta Verapaz, (Kek'chí)

Huehuetenango (Mam)

St Tomás Church, Chichicastenango, El Quiché

Market day (Thursdays and Sundays) Chichicastenango,  El Quiché

 Vendors in the Church, Chichicastenango, El Quiché

Weaver, Soloma , Huehuetenango  (Q'anjob'al)

 Traditional Marimba de Tecomates, Chichicastenango, El Quiché (K'íché')

Buying Jocotes,, Ixmujil, Tectitán, (Tekti'tek)

Nahulá, Sololá, (K'íché')

San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenango (Q'anjob'al)

Nebaj, El Quiché (Ixil)

Maximón (Mix of idol and  Saint) Santiago Atitl
lán(
Tzu´tuhil´)

Maximón, Santiago Atitl
lán, Sololá .(Tzu´tuhil´)

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz (Achí)

Dolores, Petén (Mopán)

Maximón in San Andrés Itzapa,
Chimaltenango (Kak´chik'el)

Palo Volador, Chichicastenango (K'iché)

San Juan Sacatepéquez, Sacatepéquez (Pok'o'man)

San Antonio Huista, Huehuetenango (Jakal'tek)

Acul, Nebaj, Quiché (Ixil)

 

Santiago Atitlán, Sololá (Tzu´tuhil´)

Cofrades, Brotherhood,
(K'iché)
Chichicastenango

Uspantan, Quiche
(Uspanteko)

Palo Volador, Cubulco, Baja Verapaz (Pokom´chí)

Santigo Atitlán, Sololá (Tzu´tuhil´)

Aguacatán, Huehuetenango (Awakatek)

San Miguel Acatán, Huehuetenango (Aka'tek)

Tectitán, Huehuetenango (Tekti'tek)

Jocotán
, Chiquimula (Chórtí)

San José, Petén (Itzá)

Cubulco, Baja Verapaz (Achí)

Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango (Jakal'tek or Poptí)

Chalchitán, Huehuetenango (Chalchi'tek)

Guazacapán, Santa Rosa (Xinca Non Mayan)

Sipacapa, San Marcos, (Sipakapense)

San Cristóbal,  Vetapaz (Pok'o'mchí)

Livingston, Izabal (Garífuna  a mix between  Arawaks,  Caribs and the Africans) originally from Saint Vincent Island

Chinautla, Guatemala Potter, Ceramic (Pok'o'mam)

Santiago Atitlán, Sololá (Tzutu'hil')

Nebaj, Quiché,
(Ixil)

Chajul, Quiché (Chuj)

Acul (Ixil)

Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepéquez (Kak´chik'el)

San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (Kak´chik'el)

Zunil, Quetzaltenango K'iché')

San Pedro La Laguana, Sololá (Tzu´tuhil)

San Juan Atitán, Huehuetenango (Ati'tek)

San Antonio Palopó, Weaver, Sololá (K'iché)

Masks, Panajachel, Sololá
(K'iché)

 Praying, Santiago Atitlán

Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepéquez (Kak'chik'el)

San Antonio Aguascalientes,  Sacatepéquez near Antigua Guatemala (Kak'chik'el)

Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá (K'iché)

Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetanango. (Mam)

San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango (Ixil)

San Martín Chile Verde, Quetzaltenango (Mam)

San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá(Tzu´tuhil)

 Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá (K'íché)

Lilly, Chichicastenango (Ki´ché)

Bridge, San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, (Tzu´tu'hil)

 Market, San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá (Tzu'tu'hil)

Totonicapán, Masks (K'íché)

San Andrés Xecul, Totonicapán(K'íché)

Salcajá, Quetzaltenango (K'iché)

Tecpán, Chimaltenango (Kak'chik'el)
 

Sumpango, Chimaltenango, and Santiago, Sacatepéquez, All Saints Day, November 1st, Giant kites, in the cemetery. (Kak'chik'el)

 


San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango (Chuj)

Family  in Nebaj, Quiché (Ixil)

School day, San Juan Atitán, Huehuetenango (Ati'tek)

  Nentón Huehuetenango (Chuj,)

Horse race, 1st November, Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango (Mam)

San Juan Cotzal, Quiché (Ixil)
Chichicastenango, Quiché,  Market days, Thursdays and Sundays. Is the Largest and the most colorful in its Kind in America (Ki´ché), gathering people from many villages to trade all kind of goods


Aldea Pichiquil, Aguactán, Huehuetenango
(Chalchitek or Co'acul)

 

San Francisco El Alto, Totonicapán (K'iché)

San Juan Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango  (Mam)

Nebaj, Quiché
(Ixil)

Chajul, Quiché (Chuj)

Uspantán, Quiché (Uspan'tek)
Morerías, in Almost any Indigenous Town in Guatemala, You will see the "Moros" dances, with themes such as The Conquest, The Deer, The Old people, The Monkeys etc. Specially in The Patron or Fair days. (Year round)
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Ma-Us-Quin, Cobán (K'ek'chí)

Palo Volador, Chimaltenango (Kak'chik'el)

Palo Volador

Palo Volador Chicicastenango

Girl
s in
 Jocotán, Chiquimula (Chortí)

Weaver, Chajul Quiché (Chuj)

Praying in
La Caoba, Chisec Alta Verapaz (Kek'chí)

Girls in Zaculeu, Huehuetenango (Mam)

Market day in Nebaj, Quiché (Ixil)

Sacapulas, Huehuetenango (Sakapul'tek)

Chisec, Alta Verapaz (Kek´chí)

Palin
, Escuintla (Pok'o'mam)

 

     

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