Chinantec communities

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Chinantec communities are indigenous groups in Mexico known for their distinct Chinantec languages, traditional agricultural practices, and rich cultural heritage rooted in the mountainous regions of Oaxaca.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalHeritage communal festivals
oral tradition
ritual ceremonies
traditional clothing
traditional dance
traditional music
culturalPractice communal labor (tequio)
rain and agricultural ceremonies
ritual use of maize
traditional healing practices
environment cloud forests
mountainous regions
tropical montane forests
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
facesIssue economic marginalization
language shift
out-migration
governedBy customary law
usos y costumbres
indigenousTo Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Papaloapan River
surface form: Papaloapan basin
language Chinantecan languages
surface form: Chinantec languages
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
locatedIn Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Sierra Juárez
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca
partOf indigenous peoples of Mexico
relatedEthnicGroup Mazatec
surface form: Mazatec people

Mixtec people
Zapotec people
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous beliefs
syncretic religion
socialOrganization cargo system
communal land tenure
village assemblies
traditionalEconomicActivity bean cultivation
coffee cultivation
maize cultivation
slash-and-burn agriculture
small-scale animal husbandry
subsistence agriculture
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Sierra Madre de Oaxaca region inhabitedBy Chinantec communities