Poqomam Maya

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The Poqomam Maya are an indigenous Maya people of Guatemala and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that persisted despite colonial-era conflicts and displacement.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Poqomam Maya canonical 11
Poqomchiʼ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
alsoPracticesReligion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
cultureArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Guatemala ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
experienced colonial-era displacement ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
hasAutonym Poqomam ⓘ
hasCommunityIn Chinautla ⓘ
Escuintla Department ⓘ
Guatemala Department ⓘ
Jalapa Department ⓘ
Palín ⓘ
San Luis Jilotepeque ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Maya calendar rituals ⓘ
communal fiestas ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus recognized indigenous language of Guatemala ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion Maya religion ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
historicallyLocatedIn Mesoamerica ⓘ
Pacific piedmont of Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: southern Guatemala

highland Guatemala ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Guatemala ⓘ
central Guatemala ⓘ
eastern Guatemala ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
region Central America ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraitsWith Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ
linked to: Northern Kʼicheʼ

Poqomchiʼ Maya ⓘ
subgroupOf Maya peoples ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
usesLanguage Poqomam language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Poqomchiʼ ⓘ
linked to: Poqomam Maya
Poqomam → ethnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
Poqomchiʼ Maya → relatedEthnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
Eastern Guatemala → languageSpoken → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Guatemala
Chinautla → ethnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
Palín → ethnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
Jalapa Department → hasEthnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ
Poqomam Maya language → ethnicGroup → Poqomam Maya ⓘ