Chol Maya communities
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Chol Maya communities are indigenous groups in southern Mexico who speak the Chol Mayan language and maintain traditional agricultural, spiritual, and cultural practices closely tied to the rainforest environment.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya people
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| cosmovision | Maya worldview ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
oral storytelling traditions
ⓘ
rainforest-related spiritual practices ⓘ rituals tied to agricultural cycles ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional dress ⓘ traditional healing practices ⓘ traditional music ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| demographicType | rural communities ⓘ |
| educationIssue | bilingual education policies affect Chol language ⓘ |
| environmentalRelationship | close ties to rainforest environment ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Chol Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Maya cultural heritage ⓘ |
| knowledgeSystem |
rainforest management practices
ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
indigenous language of Mexico
ⓘ
vulnerable language in some areas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chiapas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Chol language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | rainforest areas of southern Mexico ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Tzeltal Maya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tzotzil Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Maya traditional religion
ⓘ
syncretic Catholicism ⓘ |
| rightsIssue |
struggle for cultural recognition
ⓘ
struggle for land rights ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
community-based governance
ⓘ
ejido land tenure in many communities ⓘ |
| spiritualBelief |
ritual offerings to earth and rain deities
ⓘ
sacredness of nature ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Maya civilization descendants
ⓘ
Mesoamerican indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| threat |
cultural assimilation pressures
ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ |
| traditionalAgriculture |
beans cultivation
ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ milpa system ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
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