Tzʼutujil Maya

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Indigenous people Maya people

The Tzʼutujil Maya are an Indigenous Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands known for their rich linguistic and cultural traditions, vibrant textiles, and communities around Lake Atitlán.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Tz'utujil Maya 4
Tzʼutujil 3
Tzʼutujil Maya canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Maya people ⓘ
artForm naïve painting traditions in Lake Atitlán towns ⓘ
colonialHistory subject to Spanish conquest in 16th century ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
cosmology Maya calendar practices ⓘ
sacred landscape around Lake Atitlán ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culturalContinuity maintain many pre-Columbian traditions ⓘ
demographicStatus one of the smaller Maya groups in Guatemala ⓘ
department Sololá Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suchitepéquez Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Guatemala ⓘ
historicalPeriod Pre-Columbian era ⓘ
knownFor backstrap loom weaving ⓘ
distinctive traditional dress ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
vibrant textiles ⓘ
languageBranch Quichean–Mamean languages ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
languageStatus indigenous language of Guatemala ⓘ
majorTown San Juan La Laguna ⓘ
San Lucas Tolimán ⓘ
San Marcos La Laguna ⓘ
San Pablo La Laguna ⓘ
San Pedro La Laguna ⓘ
Santa María Visitación ⓘ
Santiago Atitlán ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tzʼutujil language ⓘ
region Guatemala Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Guatemalan Highlands
relatedEthnicGroup Kaqchikel ⓘ
surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ
religion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
Maya religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ritualSpecialist ajqʼij (daykeeper) ⓘ
subgroupOf Western Maya ⓘ
traditionalClothing corte ⓘ
faja ⓘ
huipil ⓘ
tocoyal ⓘ
traditionalEconomy craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Atitlán watershed region ⓘ
surface form: Lake Atitlán region
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Atitlán → primaryIndigenousGroups → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
Lake Atitlán → hasLanguageSpoken → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzʼutujil
Kaqchikel → closelyRelatedTo → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzʼutujil language
Kʼicheʼ → closelyRelatedTo → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzʼutujil
Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → promotes → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzʼutujil language
southern Guatemala → containsIndigenousGroups → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
Sololá Department → ethnicGroup → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz’utujil Maya
Sololá Department → localLanguage → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz’utujil
Sololá → ethnicGroup → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil Maya
San Pedro La Laguna → hasIndigenousPeople → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil Maya
San Pedro La Laguna → hasLocalLanguage → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil
Jaibalito → ethnicGroup → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
Jaibalito → localLanguages → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzʼutujil
Atitlán watershed region → primaryLanguageSpoken → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz’utujil
Santiago Atitlán → ethnicGroup → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil Maya
San Juan La Laguna → ethnicGroup → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil Maya
San Juan La Laguna → indigenousLanguage → Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tz'utujil