Mazatec
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Mazatecs,
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Mazatec
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a member of an American Indian people of northern Oaxaca, in Mexico.
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the Oto-Manguean language of the Mazatec.
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Her bold, mystical paintings immortalize the Mazatec shaman María Sabina and the Chilean musician Violeta Parra, as if Giotto were commissioned to produce a series of broadsides for the Latin American left.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Among those taking part were indigenous groups from the south-western state of Oaxaca such as Triqui, Mazatec and Zapotec, as well as groups from southern Chiapas state, such as the Tzetal.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
We owe it to the Mazatec people that this plant has survived until now.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2015
This plant has been used in religious ceremonies by the Mazatec people of Mexico for centuries.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 1, 2015
Eunice Pike recounts her years spent with the Mazatec Indians in Mexico, giving them God's Word.
From White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor by A. J. Bueltmann
It is the cabecera of a district in which dwell three most interesting tribes—the Cuicatecs, Chinantecs, and Mazatecs.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
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