"The 25 ethnic groups"



1 NAHUAS

Their ancestors were the Aztecs. Nahuatl mother tongue.
Respect for nature.
Farmers.
Workers.
There is no social distinction between men and women.

2 MAYAS

They live in houses made of reed sticks and thatched roofs.
His clothing is colorful and loose.
Hieroglyphic writing.
Cultivation, livestock and fishing.
Polytheists and Catholics.
Animal sacrifices.

3 MIXTECAS

"El pueblo de las nubes"
They grow corn, chili, cotton, beans and cocoa.
They work gold calling the residue of god.
They live in mountainous areas and their knowledge of ancient medicine stands out.
They believe in various gods.

4 ZAPOTECAS

Design of monumental architectural infrastructures.
Located in the central valleys of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Chiapas.
Farmers, ranchers and fishermen.
Zapotec calendar.

5 TSELTAL

Mayan dialect.
Located in the state of Chiapas.
Self-styled "the real men".
Family, community and teamwork are important to them.

6 OTOMÍ

Livestock, agriculture and crafts.
They exchange their products for weaving threads and paints.
They wear dress and pants.

7 TZOTZIL

They are located in the valleys of Chiapas.
They derive from the Mayas.
They believe in the spiritual and animal soul.
Its nucleus is the family.

8 TOTONACAS

They live in mountainous and coastal areas.
Vanilla and chili manufacturers.
Hunters and carnivores.
Corn merchants.

9 MAZAHUA

Settled in the Valley of Mexico.
Harvesters of corn, pumpkins and beans.
Livestock, pottery and crafts.
Capitalists.

10 MAZATECOS

The family is very important and their houses are built by bricks.
They use medicinal plants for serious illnesses.
They are divided into three regions.
They depend on the weather for planting.
Catholics.

11 CHOL

They derive from the Mayas.
They inhabit the north of Chiapas.
Agricultural.
The earth is the mother of life.
Main unit the family.

12 HUASTECO

Fishermen and gatherers.
of Mayan ancestors.
Distributed between mountains and the Gulf of Mexico.
Body piercing and nudity.

13 TARASCO

Modify bronze and build architectural works.
Painting and sculpture.
Ball game.

14 CHINANTECO

Craftsmen.
Polytheistic religion.

15 MIXE

They call themselves people of the flowery language.
Coffee growing.

16 TARAHUMARA

Runners.
polytheists. Their main gods are the sun and the moon.
Adobe, wood or stone houses with only one room.
Brightly colored clothing.
Ranchers.

17 MAYO

Share lands of Sinaloa and Sonora
Healers are very important.
Concrete, palm or wood houses.
Farmers.

18 ZOQUE

They worship the sun.
Migrants.
Cement homes.

19 AMUZGO

Mestizos located in Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Craftsmen.
Houses depending on social class.

20 TOJOLABAL

Farmers and ranchers.
They practice Trueque.

21 HUICHOL

They create two kinds of diseases.
They built altars for deities and ancestors.

22 TRIQUIS

The clans and lineages are the politicians.
Values.
They grow banana and coffee.
They harvest corn.

23 YAQUI

They defend political and territorial rights.
Bilingual.

24 POPOLOCA

Ceramic elaboration and use of salt.

25 LACANDÓN

It descends from Mayans.
They are divided into south and north.
They share religion and language.

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