Chamula Graveyard

Here at the village graveyard, black crosses are for people who died old, white for the young and blue for the others. This church burned down many years ago and as a reminder to take care of the church the originaly bell was moved into Chamula.

Chamula y Zinacantan

August 3rd 2007
After recovering as much as I could, we finally went on the tour we had booked days before. They tour agency was very understanding in letting us postpone due to my illness. This tour was to the local villages of San Juan Chamula and San Lorenzo Zinacantan, both part of the Tzotzil group. Chamula is approx. 10km from San Cristobal and Zinacantan is approx. 11km. Chamula was our first stop foll ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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