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The Maya people of the Guatemala highlands include the Achi, Akatek, Chuj, Ixil, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, Kʼicheʼ, Mam, Poqomam, Poqomchiʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Qʼeqchiʼ, Tzʼutujil and Uspantek. [citation needed] The Qʼeqchiʼ live in lowland areas of Alta Vera Paz, Peten, and Western Belize.
The Maya community makes up 51% of the population of Guatemala. Although a few dozen cultural groups inhabited the area, they were considered one Maya culture under the Spanish Empire. Under colonial Spanish rule, the Maya people were forced to leave their homelands, work as slaves for the Spanish colonists, and convert to Christianity. [1]
The Indigenous peoples in Guatemala, also known as Native Guatemalans, are the original inhabitants of Guatemala, predating Spanish colonization.Guatemala is home to 6.5 million (43.75%) people of Indigenous heritage belonging to the 22 Mayan peoples (Achi’, Akatec, Awakatec, Chalchitec, Ch’ortí, Chuj, Itzá, Ixil, Jacaltec, Kaq- chikel, K’iche, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchí, Q’anjob ...
The Mam are an indigenous Maya people in the western highlands of Guatemala and in south-western Mexico who speak the Mam language. Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango. [3] [4] The Mam people in Mexico (23,632) live principally in the Soconusco region of Chiapas. [2]
Maya civilization; People; Society; Languages; ... Nakbe in the Petén department of Guatemala is the earliest well-documented ... some are pictures of the object ...
Maya woven textiles in Guatemala. One of the most commonly studied artforms associated with Guatemalan national identity is the creation of textiles through weaving. [9] This form of artistic expression has heavy ties to the Mayan Indigenous heritage of many modern Guatemalans. [9] Woven textiles traditionally constitute the majority of Maya ...
The Poqomam [pronunciation?] are a Maya people in Guatemala and El Salvador.Their indigenous language is also called Poqomam and is closely related to Poqomchiʼ.Notable Poqomam settlements are located in Chinautla (Guatemala (department)), Palín (), and in San Luis Jilotepeque (). [2]
The Kaqchikel (also called Kachiquel [2]) are one of the Indigenous Maya peoples of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala and of southern Mexico. They constitute Guatemala's third largest Maya group. [3] The name was formerly spelled in various other ways, including Cakchiquel, Kakchiquel, Caqchikel, and Cachiquel.