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State |
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Description |
Year
Taken |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Geometric detail from a Mixtec tomb. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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The Royal Palace. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Zapotec, Mixtec and Spanish architecture. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Church of San Paolo |
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The 16th century Church of San Paolo. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Church of San Paolo |
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The church is built on top of a Zapotec temple. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Building with Mixtec geometric patterns. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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Entrance with geometric patterns. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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The 14 geometric patterns at Mitla are thought to represent deities. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Mitla |
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|
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Some of the buildings are painted. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Yanhuitlan is the site of one the Oaxaca Valley's many Dominican monasteries. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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The monastery at Yanhuitlan dates from the 16th century. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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The monastery resembles a fortress. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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The exterior of the monastery is elegantly carved. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Carved statue. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Exquisite carving. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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The walls are thick against earthquakes. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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View from the monastery. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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The interior courtyard. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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The elegant cloister. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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A fresco of St Christopher. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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The village near the monastery. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Rolling hills near Yanhuitlan. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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The beautiful and fertile Oaxaca Valley. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Red soil. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Landscape near Yanhuitlan. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
|
|
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Dark ridges. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yanhuitlan |
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|
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Hilly landscape. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Yagul is a hilltop Zapotec site. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Yagul is deserted apart from cattle. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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The site was inhabited from 400 BCE until the Spanish conquest. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Yagul was at its height around 900. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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The site has many pyramidal structures. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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The triple tomb is one of many at Yagul. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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The ball court at Yagul is the largest in the Oaxaca Valley. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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View of the deserted ancient site. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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View of the Oaxaca Valley from Yagul. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Uninhabited landscape. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Fragments of ancient sites dot the Oaxaca Valley. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Spectacular views across the valley. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Cliffs. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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The spectacular Oaxaca Valley. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Fields on the valley floor. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Rolling hills. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Valley road. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Yagul |
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|
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Cliff with white human figures from 250 BCE. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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Dainzu is a deserted Zapotec site dating from 300 BCE. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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The site was abandoned around 1000. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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|
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Pyramid dating from 300 BCE. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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|
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Partially ruined ball court. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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|
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El Tule is a 42m high tree weighing 640 tonnes. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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|
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The El Tule tree has a circumference of 58m and is over 2000 years old. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Oaxaca |
Oaxaca Valley |
Dainzu |
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|
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The Oaxaca Valley near Dainzu. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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|
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Chiapas is a state in central Mexico. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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|
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The Chiapas Highlands are Maya country. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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The region is very fertile. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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|
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Much of the region is forest. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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The descendents of the Maya still live in the highlands. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
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Forests and hills. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
Amatenango |
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|
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Amatenango is a Tzeltal village famous for its pottery. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Chiapas Highlands |
Amatenango |
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|
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The pottery of Amatenango is made without the use of a potter's wheel and fired by burning wood around it. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
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San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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San Cristobal de las Casas is a town at 2110m. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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The inhabitants are descendents of the Mayans. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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The people are mainly Tzotzil and Tzeltal. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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The Catholicism in the town is mixed with many pre-Hispanic rites. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Shop front. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Santo Domingo Church |
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Santo Domingo Church dominates the town. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Santo Domingo Church |
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The exterior carvings. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Santo Domingo Church |
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The church dates from the 16rh century. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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Marimba originated in Southern Mexico and Guatemala. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Craft market. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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Elegant buildings in the colonial centre. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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The majority inhabitants are descendants of the Maya (mainly Tzotzil and Tzeltal). |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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|
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Tzotzil family from the village of Chamula at the market. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Tzotzil family wearing the blue of Chamula. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Tzotzil people from Zinacantan wear mainly red. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Tzotzil family from Zinacantan (wearing the colours of that village). |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Tzotzil girl. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Hilltop church. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Independence Day |
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Crowds watching the Independence Day parades. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
|
Independence Day |
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Two women. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
|
Independence Day |
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Children from a local primary school. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
|
Independence Day |
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Drummer boys. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
|
Independence Day |
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Drummer girls. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
San Cristobal de las Casas |
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Independence Day |
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Schoolgirl with a banner showing the president who led the country to Independence from Spain. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
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Chamula |
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Chamula is a religious centre for a large area. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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|
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The village is in a rural setting. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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The village is set in rolling hills. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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The village is a centre of the Tzotzil people, descendants of the Maya. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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|
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The Sunday market. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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The main church of Chamula. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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The church uses the Tzotzil language with many pre-Hispanic rites. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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|
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Traditional houses. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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Farms. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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|
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Tzotzil woman. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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Tzotzil girl. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
|
Chamula |
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Landscape near Chamula. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Sumidero Canyon |
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Chiapa de Corzo is a town on the Grijalva River. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Sumidero Canyon |
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The Grijalva River. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Sumidero Canyon |
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Boats on the river. |
1991 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas |
Sumidero Canyon |
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Comorants. |
1991 |
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