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".