Church of San Juan in Chamula

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20130617_Mexico_220.jpg

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Kirsten Simpson 2013

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Chiapas highlands altitude of 2 200 meters (7 200 feet) Indigenous Tzotzil Maya people and language Autonomous status Chamulas Church of San Juan colorful candles smoke from burning copal resin incense Catholicism blend of pre-conquest Maya customs Spanish Catholic traditions carpet of green pine boughs and needles soda bottles (mostly Coca Cola) curanderos (medicine men) diagnose medical psychological or ‘evil-eye’ afflictions prescribe remedies candles of specific colors and sizes specific flower petals or feathers or - in a dire situation - a live chicken sacrafice daytime blue sky colour no people flags building.

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