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Santiago Atitlán is the home of the Cojolya Weaving Center and Museum, founded by the Cojolya Association of Maya Women Weavers. The museum shows the history, tradition, and process of backstrap-loom weaving, the evolution of the traditional costume of the Tzutujil, and tells about the indigenous people of Santiago Atitlán.
Santiago Atitlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Sierra Mixe district within the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Region. [1] The municipality covers wooded and mountainous area of 82.93 km². The forests contain oak, mahogany, white cedar and red cedar, among others.
The next day, thousands of citizens of Santiago Atitlán protested the soldiers’ behavior while holding white flags. [8] The soldiers fired shots into the crowd of citizens, killing 14 people and injuring 21. [8] As a result of the massacre, the army was forced to leave the garrison, leading to the removal of a military base from Santiago ...
In Santiago Atitlán, an alternative tale says that Maximón was never a man, but a wooden figure created by shamans to defend the village from witches. However, Maximón used trickery to harm the people of the village, so the shamans twisted his head around and broke his legs to stop him.
Sculpture of the 25-centavo coin Ramírez features on in Plaza Concepción, Santiago Atitlán. Ramírez was a spokesperson for Tz'utujil culture and was passionate about keeping its traditions and language alive. [2] In 2019, the park in Santiago Atitlán was remodelled to include a monument to her shaped like a 1m choco. [2]
Panabaj, located on the edge of Lake Atitlán in the western highlands of Guatemala, is a small village (canton or aldea) within the municipality of Santiago Atitlán, bordering the city of Santiago Atitlán proper, in the department of Sololá.
Main places otherwise are Santa Clara La Laguna, San Juan La Laguna, and San Pedro La Laguna in the west; Santiago Atitlán in the south; Cerro de Oro in the southeast; and San Lucas Tolimán in the east. Recent studies indicate that a ceremonial site named Samabaj was located on an island about 500 metres (1,600 ft) long in Lake Atitlán.
Atitlán may refer to: Lago de Atitlán, a lake in Guatemala; Santiago Atitlán, a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala; Santiago Atitlán, Oaxaca, a town and municipality in south-western Mexico; Volcán Atitlán, a volcano in Guatemala