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Mexico Tour

Mexico has about thirty ethnic groups with indigenous languages and customs. In the 1990 census were listed a little less than 100 indigenous languages or dialects throughout the territory. It is the criterion of the language that the authorities retain to highlight the existence of an Indian population thus, with regard to this only element one finds an Indian population estimated at 10%. But, an Indian is only one who claims the practice of his language and wears his traditional clothes. Dressed in Western style and evolving in an urban context, an Amerindian, whoever he is, blends into the crowd and becomes a Mexican like any other.

The categories "Indian" and "indigenous" were imposed from outside in order to politically, socially and economically marginalize these men and women defeated during the Spanish conquest.

The Indian world is actually very heterogeneous and its territorial distribution remains very eclectic. Some states have more than 25% Indians in their population while others have less than 1%. The territory occupied by these populations has in fact varied little since pre-Hispanic times and corresponds to variants closely linked to the characteristics of the environment, in the population densities. This Indian presence, sometimes difficult to identify, perfectly illustrates the degree of interbreeding which the country will be the subject of the arrival of the Spaniards.

Today, despite their "typical" faces, very few Indian families can claim "purely Indian" lineage. All communities at some point in their history have experienced more or less interbreeding. The Spaniards, originating for the most part from Extremadura, Castile or Andalusia, did not stop populating this new continent from the 16th to the 18th century and mixed unions were common there despite the discrimination to which the Indians were subjected.

Mexico City

  1. Mexico City
  2. Templo Mayor Museum
  3. Restaurant 5M
  4. National Museum of Anthropology
  5. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Teotihuacan

  1. Teotihuacan Citadel
  2. Palace Tetitla
  3. Agave and Obsidian
  4. Teotihuacan Pyramids North

Veracruz

  1. El Tajín
  2. Danza de los Voladores
  3. Xalapa Museum of Anthropology

Tlaxcala

  1. Cacaxtla

Puebla

  1. Puebla

Oaxaca

  1. Santo Domingo Church and Cultural Center in Oaxaca
  2. Monte Albán
  3. Mitla
  4. Wedding in Oaxaca

Chiapas

  1. Chiapa de Corzo
  2. Sumidero Canyon
  3. San Cristóbal de las Casas
  4. San Juan Chamula
  5. San Lorenzo Zinacantán Church
  6. Taller Artesanal Casa de Toña
  7. Sergio Castro Museum

Tabasco

  1. La Venta Park Museum

Chiapas

  1. Palenque
  2. Chan-kah Restaurant
  3. Palenque Museum
  4. La Aldea Hotel
  5. Bonampak
  6. Doña Mary Restaurant
  7. Yaxchilan

Campeche

  1. Campeche

Yucatán

  1. Kabah
  2. Chun Yaax Che Restaurant
  3. Uxmal
  4. Chichen Itza
  5. Selva Maya Restaurant
  6. Ek Balam

Quintana Roo

  1. Cancun
  2. San Miguelito
  3. Mayan Museum of Cancun

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The road between Oaxaca and San Cristobal is 621km (386 miles) long and takes 9h33m. The alternative is to fly from Oaxaca to Mexico City, and from Mexico City to Tuxtla Gutierrez.



Location: Mexico