Oral History #035: When the People of San Miguel Were Going to Separate from Ixtahuacán

Authors

James Mondloch
Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x
Diego Guarchaj

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Description

The narrator tells the story of when the people of the hamlet of San Miguel found the statue of Saint Michael the Archangel in the mountains. They said the statue was miraculous and so wanted to separate from Ixtahuacán to form their own municipality with a church to house the saint.

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Keywords

Saint worship; separation; armed conflict

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #035: When the People of San Miguel Were Going to Separate from Ixtahuacán." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/124

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