By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, Sep 11 (EFE).- In one of the most conflict-ridden zones of southeastern Mexico, teenagers and young adults of the Tzotzil people who have been displaced from their communities, have joined together to form an orchestra and chorus with an eye toward breaking the cycle of …
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Zinacantán, Mexico, Aug 9 (EFE).- Hundreds of Tzotzil Mayans participated in a religious festival on Tuesday in honor of San Lorenzo, patron saint of the municipality of Zinacantán, in Mexico’s southeastern state of Chiapas on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Dressed in their ceremonial costumes, they danced to …
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By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, Jun 16 (EFE).- The Molina Diaz family has spent more than a century crafting small, handmade corn husk mules and traditional sweets for the Feast of Corpus Christi, also known in Mexico as the Day of the Mules, which is being celebrated this year amid …
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Gomez Aldama, Mexico, Nov 5 (EFE) – More than 3,000 members of Tzotzil indigenous communities in this small southern Mexican municipality have fled their homes in recent days due to recurrent gunshot attacks by paramilitary gangs and authorities’ failure to address the problem, which stems from a decades-old land dispute. The …