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Ch’orti’ Foodways

Ethnolinguistic

⚠ ONE PEOPLE, TWO COUNTRIES, AND THE BORDER IS NOT ERASED. The CH’ORTI’ live in CHIQUIMULA and Zacapa in eastern Guatemala — Jocotán, Camotán, Olopa, La Unión — and across the border in COPÁN, Honduras. They are the descendants of the population of Classic COPÁN. ⚠ THE TWO SIDES ARE RECORDED SEPARATELY AND LINKED: Ch’orti’ is still spoken in Guatemala and is recorded as no longer spoken on the Honduran side, where the community remains and speaks Spanish; their agricultural calendars, land tenure and state relationships differ. The foodway: maize above all, in a district that is part of the CENTRAL AMERICAN DRY CORRIDOR and suffers documented, recurring drought and food insecurity; beans, squash, chile, sorghum as the drought crop, jocote and nance; tamalitos; CHILATE and cacao; and coffee on the higher ground. ⚠ THE DRY CORRIDOR IS THE CENTRAL FOOD FACT HERE and is recorded as such rather than as background.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Ch’orti’ community documented

Languages: Ch'orti', Spanish

What is recorded

  • The Ch’orti’ live in Chiquimula and Zacapa in Guatemala and in Copán, Honduras, and are recorded as descendants of the population of Classic Copán. Ch’orti’ remains spoken in Guatemala and is recorded as no longer spoken on the Honduran side, where the community remains and speaks Spanish; the two sides are recorded separately and linked rather than merged. The district lies in the Central American Dry Corridor and suffers documented recurring drought and food insecurity, with sorghum grown as a drought crop. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • part of Maya Foodways documented
  • related to Western Honduran Foodways documented

    ⚠ ONE PEOPLE, TWO COUNTRIES, AND THE BORDER IS NOT ERASED. Ch’orti’ is still spoken in Guatemala and is recorded as no longer spoken on the Honduran side, where the community remains.

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