Where did the Totonac people live?

The Totonac people reside in the Mexican states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo. The Totonac Centre for Indigenous Arts (CAI) is a training centre in indigenous culture located in Veracruz. Its teachers and students come from different parts of the Totonacapan region, which includes more than 50 communities.

What happened to the Totonacs?

Totonacapan became incorporated into the Spanish regime with comparatively little violence, but the region was ravaged by epidemic diseases during the 16th century. Today, approximately 90,000 Totonac speakers reside in the region.

Are Totonac Aztec?

The Totonac Civilization Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the Totonac lost control of their empire to the Aztecs who conquered them in 1480. As they became a part of the Aztec’s confederation, the Totonac suffered greatly and made human sacrifices of their own to their gods for liberation.

Where are the Totonacas from?

Totonac, Middle American Indian population of east-central Mexico. Totonac culture is in many ways similar to other Middle American cultures, but it possesses certain features not seen elsewhere in Middle America and more likely related to the circum-Caribbean cultures.

Are tlaxcalans Aztecs?

As a matter of fact, both the Tlaxcalans and the Mexica belonged to the Aztec culture, looking back to the legendary Aztlán (Place of the Herons) as their ancestral homeland in the northwest. In 1519, the Aztec Empire was the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of all time.

Where is Otomi from?

Mexico
Otomí, Middle American Indian population living in the central plateau region of Mexico. The Otomí peoples speak at least four closely related languages, all called Otomí. A rather large number of modern Otomí no longer speak the Otomí language but continue to consider themselves Otomí.

Are there any living descendants of Aztecs?

Today the descendants of the Aztecs are referred to as the Nahua. More than one-and-a-half million Nahua live in small communities dotted across large areas of rural Mexico, earning a living as farmers and sometimes selling craft work.

Who are the descendants of the Aztecs?

The Nahuas, who are the descendants of the Aztecs, continue to be the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, but there are many others in Mesoamerica, such as the Hñahñu, the Mixtec and the Maya.