THE TRIQUE ARE INDIGENOUS TO WEST PART OF OAXACA STATE IN JUXTLAHUACA, PUTLA AND TLAXICACO. THEY HAVE ABOUT 23,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE 23,000 PEOPLE WHO SPEAK MIXTECAN LANGUAGE. MANY ARE FAMOUS FOR DISTINCTIVE WOVEN HUILES, BASKETS, AND MORRALES (PURSES). THEY LIVE MOUNTAINOUS REGION. THEY LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION. THEY LIVE AT AN ELEVATIONOF 1500 TO 3000 FEET. BECAUSE OF THEIR ELEVATION THEY HAVE CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEIR MEN MOVE TEMPORARILY TO OAXACA, MEXICO CITY, AND THE U.S. TO BE MIGRANT LABORERS.
ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMS IS THE FEMALE DOWRY. IN PRECOLONIAL TIMES THIS WAS A COMMON PRACTICE OF THE TRIQUE PEOPLE. IT IS MONEY THAT THE GROOM OFFERS TO THE BRIDE'S FAMILY. THE MIXTECS ALSO OFFER A BRIDE'S FAMILY FOOD, OR OTHER PRODUCTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE BRIDE'S HAND. THERE ARE THREE VARIETIES OF TRIQUE WHICH ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATE LANGUAGES.
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