Up Home » Nahuatl speaking villages of the Rio Balsas region of Guerrero, Mexico

These Nahuatl speaking villages have a rich cultural heritage of textiles and crafts, many painted Amate paper , masks and painted clay fol kart originates in the region. The textiles are in danger of disappearing, here are the villages and their story. During a almost 20 year struggle these resilient people stopped the government from placing a dam that would have covered their homeland

ahuehuepan
ahuehuepan
(26 Images)
ahuelican
ahuelican
(35 Images)
analco
analco
(30 Images)
mahela
mahela
(16 Images)
mescala
mescala
(12 Images)
san agustin ostotipan
san agustin ostotipan
(23 Images)
san augustin oapan
san augustin oapan
(32 Images)
san fransisco cozomatlan
san fransisco cozomatlan
(29 Images)
san juan tetelzingo
san juan tetelzingo
(21 Images)
san juan totolzintla
san juan totolzintla
(14 Images)
san miguel tecuiziapan
san miguel tecuiziapan
(19 Images)
tula del rio
tula del rio
(21 Images)
xalitla
xalitla
(48 Images)
xilitlabreakdown
xilitlabreakdown
(90 Images)

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