Tojolabal people

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The Tojolabal people are an indigenous Maya group of southeastern Mexico known for their distinct Tojolabal language, traditional agrarian lifestyle, and rich communal cultural practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people
indigenous people
continent North America
country Mexico
engagedIn local handicrafts production
small-scale livestock raising
ethnicGroupOf Mexico NERFINISHED
governedBy customary law practices
hasCulturalPractice collective work parties
communal decision-making
ritual celebrations tied to agricultural cycle
hasCulturalValue collectivism
communal land stewardship
reciprocity in labor exchange
hasDemographicCategory rural population
hasFestivity Catholic feast day celebrations with Maya elements
hasKnowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge
hasOralTradition legends
myths
ritual narratives
indigenousTo Lacandon Jungle region NERFINISHED
eastern Chiapas highlands
language Tojolabal language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Mayan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus indigenous language of Mexico
threatened language
mainCrops beans
maize
squash
mainEconomicActivity subsistence agriculture
partOf Maya civilization NERFINISHED
populationGroup minority in Mexico
primaryLocation Chiapas NERFINISHED
recognizedAs indigenous people of Mexico
region southeastern Mexico
relatedEthnicGroup Chʼol people NERFINISHED
Tzeltal people NERFINISHED
Tzotzil people NERFINISHED
other Maya peoples
religion Maya traditional religion
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
socialOrganization communal
subjectTo Mexican federal indigenous policies
traditionalHousing rural village settlements
traditionalLifestyle agrarian
uses ejido land tenure system
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tojolabal ethnicGroup Tojolabal people