Mam Maya

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Mam Maya are an Indigenous Maya people of the highlands of Guatemala and parts of Mexico, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional weaving, and resilient cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mam Maya canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Maya people ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice Maya calendar rituals ⓘ
communal land use ⓘ
traditional midwifery ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
facesIssue cultural discrimination ⓘ
land rights conflicts ⓘ
hasPopulationCenter Concepción Tutuapa ⓘ
Huehuetenango ⓘ
Quetzaltenango ⓘ
San Marcos ⓘ
Tacaná ⓘ
Todos Santos Cuchumatán ⓘ
historicalExperience Guatemalan Civil War ⓘ
Spanish colonization ⓘ
knownFor backstrap loom weaving ⓘ
distinct Mayan language ⓘ
resilient cultural practices ⓘ
traditional weaving ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
preserves Maya oral traditions ⓘ
indigenous weaving patterns ⓘ
traditional agricultural knowledge ⓘ
region Chiapas ⓘ
Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands

Huehuetenango Department ⓘ
Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
San Marcos Department ⓘ
western Guatemala ⓘ
religion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Maya spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Maya religion

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
speaks Mam language ⓘ
subgroupOf Maya civilization ⓘ
traditionalClothing corte ⓘ
faja ⓘ
huipil ⓘ
traditionalOccupation maize cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Maya peoples → hasSubgroup → Mam Maya ⓘ
Western Guatemala → hasEthnicGroup → Mam Maya ⓘ
subject linked to: western Guatemala
San Marcos Department → ethnicGroup → Mam Maya ⓘ