The Indigenous Community of Mazahua
Back in Time with Mala
(As told
to Jenny Johnson, Journey North)
They call me "Amalia Gomez Cruz". But my real name sounds like
Mala and my last names are certainly of Spanish influence. I live in a
small village in an area about 20 minutes outside of Zitacuaro, Michoacan.
This is located in the north eastern part of Michoacan. All around us
are high mountains and rolling open fields were there were once beautiful
evergreens. It is very different than the other surrounding cities or
villages in this part of Michoacan because we are El Mazahua.
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Mazahua is a the community of about 14,000 people that lived on this land before the Spanish came to what is now called Mexico. We still dress, prepare our food and talk as our ancestors did over 500 years ago.
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