Jose, a Tz'utujil shaman preforms a holy ritual to ask the gods for good health and good fortune for the people of Santiago Atitlan. Tu'utujil like many other Indians groups in Guatemala suffer from extreme poverty and are forced to make a living any way they can Feb. 20, 2005. The Tz'utujil Indians and their village are best known for the occupation by the Guatemalan military in the 1980's civil war. The government set up a base in the city do to the fact that the city was used heavily by...
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Jose, a Tz'utujil shaman preforms a holy ritual to ask the gods for good health and good fortune for the people of Santiago Atitlan. Tu'utujil like many other Indians groups in Guatemala suffer from extreme poverty and are forced to make a living any way they can Feb. 20, 2005. The Tz'utujil Indians and their village are best known for the occupation by the Guatemalan military in the 1980's civil war. The government set up a base in the city do to the fact that the city was used heavily by the ORPA guerrillas.
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