Trique people
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Trique people
- Ethnic group.image
- Semana santa triqui en Santo Domingo del Estado.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Trique people during a Palm Sunday procession
- Ethnic group.population
- 25,883
- Ethnic group.languages
- Trique, Mixtec, and Mexican Spanish
- Ethnic group.religions
- Catholic, Protestant, and Native Trique religion
- Ethnic group.related
- Mixtec people and Cuicatec people
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Custom
- Agriculture
- Livestock
- Distribution
- Sports
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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The Triqui (, ) or Trique () are an Indigenous people of the western part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, centered in the municipalities of Juxtlahuaca, Putla, and Tlaxiaco. They number around 23,000 according to Ethnologue surveys. The Triqui language is a Mixtecan language of Oto-Manguean genetic affiliation. Trique peoples are known for their distinctive woven huipiles, baskets, and morrales (handbags).