Tutunakú
Lands
The Totonacapan: northern Veracruz around Papantla and the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico
Countries Mexico
Facts 3
Today
Community groups asked for radio in their own languages, and since 1994 La Voz de la Sierra Norte in Cuetzalan, Puebla has served Nahua and Totonac peoples.
As of 2022 Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), with station information from INPI, XECTZ La Voz de la Sierra Norte (AM) : Radio cultural indígena México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Achievement
Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana, the Totonac Centre for Indigenous Arts in Veracruz, was selected in 2012 for UNESCO's Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.
As of 2012 Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
At the Centre for Indigenous Arts, Totonac is the language of teaching, and each art is taught in its own house-school, laid out like a traditional settlement.
Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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