Sunday, May 4, 2014

Tz'utujil and their Neighbors

     While there are many cultures and tribes throughout Guatemala, the most important neighbors to the Tz'utjil are the Kaqchikel,since they both occupy the area around Lake Atitlan. During Spanish conquest, the Kaqchikel allied themselves with the Spanish to gain power over the then ruling Tz'utujil. In the end that plan did not work out too well for the Kaqchikel. The Spanish still enslaved the Kaqchikel and then the Tz'utujil, for obvious reasons, distrusted them.  Over the years i assume they have become better towards each other, but there is still probably some tension. As of now they live and trade together around the Lake, helping the economy boom.

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