Monday, September 12, 2011

TLAPANESE INDIANS IN MEXICO

TLAPNECO SPEAK OTO-MANGUEAN LANGUAGE AND THERE ARE FOUR VARIETIES OF THE LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE ABOUT 120,000 SPEAKERS. THEY LIVE IN THE GUERRERO. THEIR LANGUAGE IS PART OF AN EXTINCT LANGUAGE. IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES THEY WERE ISOLATED IN MOUNTAINS OF COSTA CHICA NEAR ACAPULCO. THEY NEVER WERE CONQUERED BY AZTECS. THEIR MAIN CITY IS CALLED TLAPAN, THEY HAVE MYTHS SUCH AS THE CREATION OF THE SUN, THE MOON, AND FOR GODS WHO WERE BORN ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER. THEY WERE RAISED BY GODDESSES OF THE SWEATBATH. ANOTHER ELEMENT IS NAGUALISM - WHICH MEANS WHEN A BABY IS, AN ANIMAL IS BORN WHICH IS THE NAHUAL OF THE CHILD. THE NAHUAL WILL SHOW ITSELF IN THE THE CHILD'S DREAMS.

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