THE JAKALTECO ARE A WESTERN MAYAN INDIAN GROUP. THEIR POPULATION WAS 16000 TO 30,000. MOST LIVE IN HUEHUETENANGO. MUCH LAND HAS BEEN TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT AND THE JAKALTECO ARE MIGRANT LABORERS. IN 1980 MANY CAME TO THE U.S. TO ESCAPE GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION. THEY HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE PRECOLUMBIAN TIMES. THEY LIVED HERE SINCE PRECOLUMBIAN TIMES. THEY LIVE ABOVE 1437 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE TOWN OF JAKALTECO IS A GOVERNMENTAL, RELIGIOUS, AND MARKET CENTER OF THE REGION. IT IS CALLED PLACE OF BIG WHITE ROCK SLABS. IT WAS PHYSICALLY A REMOTE CENTER FROM SPANISH CENTERS. IT IS A TWO DAY WALK FROM THE CAPITAL. SINCE 1994 AN IMPROVE ROAD WAS BUILT IT IS A FIVE HOUR BUS RIDE FROM THE CAPITAL. BY 1979 THEY GOT ELECTRICITY. THEIR ISOLATION HAS RESULTED IN THEIR CONTINUED USE OF CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES LOST ELSEWHERE. THE JAKALTECO STILL USE THE BLOW GUN FOR HUNTING BIRDS AND SMALL ANIMALS. THEY HAVE A BELIEF SYSTEM WHICH INVOLVES NAGUELS AND TONALS.
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