Mixtec
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The Mixtecs or Mixtecos are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state o
Turquoise mosaic mask. Mixtec-Aztec, 1400–1521 AD
Plate 37 of the Codex Vindobonensis. The central scene supposedly depicts the origin of the Mixtecs as a people whose ancestors sprang from a tree.
Mixtec funerary mask; Grave No. 7, Monte Alban; Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca.
Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca
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The Indigenous people of Oaxaca are descendants of the inhabitants of what is now the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, who were present before the Spanish colonization. Several cultures flourished in the anci
Indigenous people from all parts of Oaxaca participate wearing traditional clothes and artifacts in a celebration known as “Guelaguetza” held every year by mid-July.
Zapotec funerary urn in the British Museum
Benito Pablo Juárez, of Zapotec origin, was President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
Chatino children