Tojol-ab'al
Lands
Las Margaritas, Comitán and the Meseta Comiteca of Chiapas, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala
Countries Mexico
Facts 3
Today
Brisas de Montebello, a Chiapas public station in La Trinitaria, broadcasts in Spanish, Tojolabal, Kaqchikel and Q'anjob'al.
As of 2024 Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), with station information from INPI, XHCTN-FM Brisas de Montebello : Radio cultural indígena México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
Tojol-ab'al communities call the INPI station XEVFS in Las Margaritas, Chiapas, La Xuxepil; its sound archive holds more than 6,500 recordings.
As of 2022 Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), with station information from INPI, XEVFS La Voz de la Frontera Sur (AM) : Radio cultural indígena México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
Romerías, community pilgrimages, are the most important and distinctive Tojol-ab'al celebrations, and they help mark out Tojol-ab'al territory.
Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), Gobierno de México, Tojolabales : Pueblos indígenas México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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