Tzʼutujil people
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The Tzʼutujil (Tzutujil, Tzutuhil, Sutujil) are an Indigenous people, one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups that live in Guatemala. Together with the Xinca, Garífunas (Black Caribs) and the Ladinos, they make up the 25 ethnic groups in the country. Approximately 100,000 Tzʼutujil live in the area around Lake Atitlán. Their pre-Columbian capital, near Santiago Atitlán, was Chuitinamit.[2] In pre-Columbian times, the Tzʼutujil nation was a part of the ancient Maya civilization.
Total population | |
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106,012[1] | |
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Tzʼutujil | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kʼicheʼ, Kaqchikel |
The arrival of the Spanish during the sixteenth century lead to the implementation of the cofradía religious system.[3] In the nineteenth century, the nation transitioned to a capitalist economy.[3]
The Tzʼutujil are noted for their continuing adherence to traditional Atiteco cultural and religious practices.[4] Weaving and traditional songs are historically religiously significant practices.[4][5] Some also practice Evangelical Protestantism or Roman Catholicism.[3] They speak the Tzʼutujil language, a member of the Mayan language family.