Qʼanjobʼal people

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The Qʼanjobʼal people are an indigenous Maya group from the highlands of northwestern Guatemala, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional weaving, and rich communal cultural practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people
indigenous people
continent North America
country Guatemala
culturalHeritage Mayan calendrical knowledge
oral tradition
ritual music and dance
culturalPractice communal land use
extended kin-based communities
traditional Mayan ceremonies
use of traditional dress
diaspora Mexico NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Maya civilization NERFINISHED
ethnologueCode kjb
glottocode kanj1242
historicalExperience Guatemalan Civil War displacement
language Qʼanjobʼal language NERFINISHED
languageBranch Qʼanjobʼalan languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Mayan languages
locatedIn Huehuetenango Department NERFINISHED
mainMunicipality San Juan Ixcoy NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz Barillas NERFINISHED
Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango NERFINISHED
Soloma NERFINISHED
neighboringGroup Akatek people NERFINISHED
Chuj people NERFINISHED
Poptiʼ (Jakaltek) people NERFINISHED
partOf Mesoamerican cultural area NERFINISHED
region Guatemalan Highlands NERFINISHED
northwestern Guatemala
religion Maya religion
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
syncretic Maya-Catholic practices
selfIdentification Qʼanjobʼal NERFINISHED
traditionalCraft backstrap loom weaving
textile production
traditionalDress corte
faja
huipil
traditionalOccupation subsistence agriculture
weaving
UNESCOCategory indigenous peoples of Central America
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Qʼanjobʼal spokenBy Qʼanjobʼal people