Kʼicheʼ people

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The Kʼicheʼ people are a major indigenous Maya group of the Guatemalan highlands, known for their rich linguistic heritage, traditional weaving, and the sacred text Popol Vuh.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kʼicheʼ people canonical 9
Kʼicheʼ Maya people 1
Quiché people 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people
ethnic group
indigenous people
alternativeName Kʼicheʼ Maya
Quiché people
linked to: Kʼicheʼ people
capitalRegionCenter Santa Cruz del Quiché
conqueredBy Spanish Empire
continent North America
country Guatemala
culturalPractice communal land traditions
community cofradía system
day-keeping based on the 260-day Maya calendar
ritual use of sacred mountains and caves
traditional midwifery
ethnonym Kʼicheʼ
historicalCapital Qʼumarkaj
Utatlán
historicalEra Postclassic Maya period
knownFor backstrap loom weaving
colorful huipiles
rich linguistic heritage
traditional textiles
traditional weaving
language Kʼicheʼ language
languageFamily Mayan languages
notableConquistadorInvolved Pedro de Alvarado
partOf Maya civilization
populationCenter Quetzaltenango region
Sololá region
linked to: Totonicapán region

Totonicapán region
primaryRegion Guatemalan highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands

department of Chimaltenango
department of Quetzaltenango
department of Quiché
linked to: Quiché Department

department of Sololá
department of Totonicapán
religion Maya religion
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
syncretic Maya-Catholic practices
sacredText Popol Vuh
subregion Central America
traditionalEconomy bean cultivation
maize agriculture
market trade
squash cultivation
traditionalText Popol Vuh
Title of Totonicapán
writingSystemHistoricallyUsed Latin alphabet
Mesoamerican hieroglyphic traditions

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Referenced by (11)

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Kʼicheʼ spokenBy Kʼicheʼ people
Gukumatz veneratedBy Kʼicheʼ people
Tzotzil people relatedEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people
Kʼicheʼ language spokenBy Kʼicheʼ people
Totonicapán hasEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people
Qʼeqchiʼ people relatedEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people
Kʼicheʼ people alternativeName Quiché people
linked to: Kʼicheʼ people
Kaqchikel people relatedEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people
Xelajú usedBy Kʼicheʼ Maya people
linked to: Kʼicheʼ people
Xelajú associatedWithEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people