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Title
Women and children walk to and from the water well, Chajul, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-05
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Women and children of Chajul walk to and from the water well where they fill up their water jugs, which they are holding over their heads. They are wearing either white shirts and red skirts or red dresses. Guatemala's military identified Chajul as one of three towns that formed the "Ixil Triangle," in the northern Quiché region, and inhabited by Ixil Mayan people. The army occupied this region in late 1970s as guerrilla support grew there. Chajul suffered major massacres in 1978 and 1982.
Las mujeres y niños de Chajul caminan hacia el pozo y regresan de él. Ahí llenan sus jarras de agua. Ellos portan camisas blancas con faldas rojas o vestidos rojos. El ejército de Guatemala identificó a Chajul como uno de los tres pueblos que formaban el "Triángulo de Ixil", en la región norte de El Quiché, y habitados por el pueblo maya ixil. El ejército ocupó esta región a fines de la década de 1970 cuando el apoyo de la guerrilla creció allí. Chajul sufrió masacres importantes en 1978 y 1982.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.06.26.04
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2642
Subject
Documentary photographs
Mayas
Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions
Maya women
Place
Chajul (Guatemala)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.06.26.04.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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