THE MATLATZINCA SPEAK MANGUEAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO AND IS RELATED TO TLAIUCIA. IT IS AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY 1000 PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERS TODAY.
TOLUCA IS WHERE THE MATLATINCAS LIVE. THEY ARE ARTISTS AND PRODUCED A VARIETY OF CRAFTS AND ART. THEY WEAVE REBOZOS AND ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR POTTERY. LEATHER WORK IS IN TENANGE, AND BASKETS ARE FAMOUS IN CHIHUAPAN. SAN ANTONIO IS FAMOUS FOR BASKETS. THEY ALSO MAKE WOODEN MASKS.
NO ONE IS CERTAIN WHEN THE ANCESTORS OF MATLATZINCAS MOVED INTO TOLUCA FROM THE NORTH. AN ANCIENT CITY OF THEIRS IS TEOTENANGO (900 -1450). THE MATLATZINCA ONCE OCCUPIED A LARGE LAND IN MEXICO.
MATLATZINCA MEANS "THOSE WHO MAKE NETS". THEIR RELIGION INCLUDED SACRIFICING HUMAN VICTIMS BY CRUSHING THEM IN LARGE NETS. SPANISH FOLKS CONQUERED TENOCHITLAN. THE NATIVES PRACTICE SUBSISTENCE AND CROPS SUCH AS PEAS, SUGAR CANE, WHEAT AND BARLEY TO SELL. THEY GROW MAGUEY CROPS TO MAKE PULQUE - AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK THEY STORE IN PIGSKIN.
MANY NATIVES HAVE LEFT THE VILLAGES TO WORK. THEY STILL PRACTICE TRADITIONAL AGRICUTURAL RITUALS.
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