Guatemalan ethnic groups
Guatemalan ethnic groupsHernndez Gonzlez, Sergio Guillermo
FMaldonado Valdiviezo, Pedro RafaelMelgar Daz, Mara AndreMena
Eguizabal, Diego EmanuelMenzel Vsquez, Klerly DallanaMrida Morales,
Alvaro AndrsPalencia Ortiz, Mara IsabelWhat are Ethnic groups?An
ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each
other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or
ancestry.Ethnic groups are also usually united by common cultural,
behavioral, linguistic, or religious practices.
What ethnic groups exist?Etnia TektitekaEtnia AchEtnia
JakaltecaEtnia IxilEtnia Q'anjob"alEtnia Q'eqch"Etnia
ChalchitecaEtnia SakapultecaEtnia Mopn E Itza,Etnia
AwakatecaAkatecaMam
Etnia MamEtnia K"ichEtnia SipakapenseEtnia UspantekaEtnia
Ch'orti"Etnia PoqomamEtnia Tz'utujilEtnia PoqomchEtnia
KaqchikelEtnia ChujLadino
MAMThe Mam are a Native American people in the western highlands
of Guatemala.Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the
departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango.Many
Mam live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango. The
city of Quetzaltenango or Xela was originally Mam. Religion:
Catholic, Evangelical, Maya religion.Languages: Mam, Spanish
QuIcheThis is the second most spoken laguage in Guatemala (2
million aprox.)Tecun Umn is a national hero from this
ethnicity.Popol Vuh is a famous book wirtten by this people.
KaqchiquelesMore than one million people speak Kaqchiquel.The
language Kaqchiquel has its origin from the Quiche language.The
principal economic activities from this thnicity is artesanal and
agricultural.Atol de masa is a typical food of Kaqchiqueles.
LadinoLadino is a socio-cultural category that most of the Maya
area names the non-indigenous population, formed usually by native
Spanish speaking mestizos. In Guatemala, Ladinos are a very
important part of all the population, whose origins date back to
the initial contact between Spaniards, Indians and black
Africans.Therefore Ladino be distinguished from other dominant
social groups in Guatemala. However, with the passage of time and
the change in the actors and the relationships between components
of Guatemalan society, they may have been including other actors in
the spectrum that makes up the Latin. As some researchers have well
recognized, sometimes the term includes "white" and
"foreigners".