Mazatec people
The Mazatec are an Indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit the Sierra Mazateca in the state of Oaxaca and some communities in the adjacent states of Puebla and Veracruz.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- MazatecHa Shuta Enima
- Ethnic group.image
- 249px
- Ethnic group.caption
- Mazatec girls performing a dance in Huautla de Jimenez
- Ethnic group.population
- ~305,836
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Mexico (Oaxaca)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Roman Catholic, and Traditional religion
- Ethnic group.langs
- Mazatec, Spanish
- Ethnic group.related
- Popolocas
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Article
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- Language family
- Traditional religious rituals
- Notable Mazatecs
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Mazatec are an Indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit the Sierra Mazateca in the state of Oaxaca and some communities in the adjacent states of Puebla and Veracruz.
Some researchers have theorized that the Mazatec, along with Popoloca speakers, once inhabited the lowlands of the Papaloapan basin, but were driven into the adjacent highlands by the expansion of Nahuas.