THESE INDIANS LIVE IN NORTH OAXACA, A MOUNTAINOUS LAND. THEIR LANGUAGE TO CHOCA AND IXCATEC. THEY AGRICULTURAL AND PLANT CORN, BEANS, AND SQUASH AND CHILIS. MEAT AND EGGS ARE LUXERIES. THEY CULTIVATE WITH DIGGING STICKS AND HOE. THERE HOUSES ARE RECTANGULAR WIRTH THATCHED ROOFS. THEY MAKE CRAFTS, WEAVE, AND MAKE POTTERY THEIR CLOTHES ARE INDUSTRIAL WOVEN. THE TOWNS PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNAL LABOR. TODAY THEY ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND THE ELECT SOMEONE IN EACH TOWN TO TAKE CARE OF THE PATRON SAINT. THEY BELIEVE IN WITCHCRAFT. THERE ARE ABOUT 200,000 FOLKS. THEY SPEAK OTO-MANGUESE.
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