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
By the cultivation of cuttings in their homes and lands over the centuries, the Mazatec have made it possible for Western science to begin to uncover its medicinal properties.
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
We passed and repassed picturesque groups of Mazatec indians with their burdens.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
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