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3 unusual facts about Tz'utujil people


Martín Prechtel

After a year of traveling through Guatemala, he found his home in a small village near Lake Atitlan inhabited by the Tz'utujil (one of the numerous Maya sub-cultures).

Tz'utujil people

Martín Prechtel is an author who writes of his experiences with the Tzutujil people.

In 2005, several hundred Tz'utujil died in the mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan.



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