MIXE LANGUAGES IN MEXICO

THE MIXE IS A MIXE ZOQUEAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO. THERE ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT THE NATIVES CANNOT UNDERSTAND. 90,000 SPEAK THE TWO POPOLUCA MIXEAN LANGUAGES. THEY CALL THEMSELVES AYUUIJKAAY OR PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE. A MOUNTAIN TRIBE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO ARE NOTED FOR EXTREME CONSERVATIISM. THEY OCCUPY A NUMBER OF VILLAGES IN SOUTHERN OAXACA. THERE POPULATION IS ABOUT 25,000. THEY WERE NOT SUBDUED BY THE SPANISH. THEY STILL HAVE THEIR OWN ANCIENT RIGHTS AND CUSTOMS. THEY HAVE A CHURCH AND A PRIEST. IN 1521 THEY WERE BROUGHT UNDER SUBJECTION BY SPANIARDS. THEY WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THEIR ANCIENT RELIGIONS. IDOLS WERE BURIED UNDER THE CROSS IN FRONT OF THE CHAPEL, SO THEY MIGHT WORSHIP IN SECRET UNDER THE PRETENSE OF DEVOTION. THEY HAD SACRIFICES AND THEIR PAGAN SITES STILL PREVAIL.

THE MIXE ARE ACTIVE AND MANY WEAR BEARDS. THEY MADE THEIR ROADS RUN STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. BECAUSE OF THEIR STUBBORNESS! THEIR VILLAGES ARE IN THE HIGHLANDS VS THE VALLEYS. THEIR HOUSES ARE LIGHT THATCHED STRUCTURES TO WELL BUILT LOG OR ADOBE, ROOFED WITH TILES. THEY ARE FARMERS OF CORN SUGAR, COFFEE, BANANAS. THE WOMEN ARE NOTED FOR THE THEIR POTTERY, WEAVING ARTS, PRODUCING SILK AND COTTON WITH ANIMALS AND BIRD DESIGNS IN FADELESS COLORS. THEY HAVE MANY PAGAN CUSTOMS, WITH BIRD, AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES. FOOD IS BURIED WITH THE DEAD. OFFERINGS ARE MADE SECRETLY TO THE SHRINES AND HIDDEN IN CAVES.

THEIR ARE IS RUGGED AND IS PART OF THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL. THEY LIVE IN LARGE CENTER ABOUT 2400 M AND GROW CORN, BEANS, POTATOES, AND SQUASH. THEY ARE CENTERED AROUND ZACATEPEC WHERE THEY GROW COFFEE AND CHILI PEPPERS. THEIR ANCESTORS WERE PROBABLY OLMECS BUT THEY DO NOT ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH OLMECS.. ACCORDING TO THEIR LEGENDS THEY CAME FROM SOUTH AMERICAN ANDEES. THEY ARRIVED IN MEXICO BY BOAT. IN THEIR MIGRATION MYTH THEY CAMPED TO SETTLE AT THE HOLEY MOUNTAIN. COMPAATEPETALE. VERY FEW ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS ARE LEFT.

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