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For many years, this area was physically and culturally the most remote from
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Huehuetenango to Jacaltenango. Electricity came to town in 1979. This relative isolation has resulted in the preservation of many customs in the community which have been lost elsewhere. For example, a few Jakaltek people still use the
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Ventura. Maya Hair Sashes Backstrap Woven in Jacaltenango, Guatemala, Cintas mayas tejidas con el telar de cintura de Jacaltenango, Guatemala, 2003,
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A Jakaltek holds a clay pellet between his lips as he prepares to insert it into his blowgun in
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1200:Mexicanero
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366:Ethnologue
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650:Poqomchiʼ
625:Kaqchikel
555:Guatemala
501:7 January
361:Jakalteko
310:Homestead
240:Jakaltek
205:from the
168:Guatemala
88:Languages
61:Guatemala
42:c. 65,000
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1225:Qʼeqchiʼ
1205:Ocuiltec
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1190:Jakaltek
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104:Religion
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290:Jupiter
286:Florida
275:Naguals
271:blowgun
152:Chiapas
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1094:Cora
993:Mixe
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