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Topic: Ixil


In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Nebaj, Guatemala
Ixil has dialects which are similar to tongues in nearby San Juan Cotzal, but which differ from those spoken in the equally adjacent Chajul.
Ixil weavers include brilliant mauve, purple, green and varying shades of blue in their splendid embroidery, carefully stitched on white or red cloth.
The Ixils, one of the smallest ethnic groups in Central America, are also known for unusual fiestas held in honor of their patron saints and Maya deities.
www.mayadiscovery.com /ing/life/nebaj.htm   (540 words)

  
 Ixil Triangle
The Ixil Triangle lies north of the Cuchumatan mountains, constituting half of the Department of Quiche.
Although by the fifteenth century, the Ixils were conquered by the Quiche Maya and the area has remained under their control ever since.
Initially, Spanish invasion into the Ixil region was severe, however, the inhospitable Cuchumatanes held little attraction for the conquering Spanish, allowing the area to fall into neglect.
www.anthro.fsu.edu /wovenvoices/villages/ixil.html   (238 words)

  
 Nicole Falgoust
First, he defines ethnic relations between Ladinos and Ixils as being less a conscious issue of oppression to overcome than part of a structural system in which the priciple "consciousness" is survival.
At the same ttime as these power relationships between Ixils, as indebted workers, and Ladinos, as their contractors, was being establiched, many Ixils were losing their land to the coffee plantation system because of mass confusion with titles.
Ixils were pushed into the EGP by the government's brutality and went to the army when Montt rationalized his use of force; therefore, the "revolutionary subject" grew out of being trapped between these two sides.
www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/Anthro/GSN/mayabib/stoll.html   (1581 words)

  
 Chapter 4: Nebaj, El Quiche
In the Ixil region, army units generally launched their operations from mobile bases that came from the Ixcán, in northern El Quiché, Aguacatán and Chiantla, Huehuetenango, in the west and Uspantán, El Quiché, in the south (AVANCSO: 1992).
He added that the two cases of massacres in the Ixil region, publicized in 1982, were committed by the Rios Montt government with the intention of blaming the insurgents (Falla: 1984).
The intensity and scope of government repression of the Ixil population early on was initially in response to the EGP’s efforts to establish itself in the area beginning in 1975.
shr.aaas.org /guatemala/ciidh/dts/nebaj.html   (3948 words)

  
 Toward Reconstructing the Ixil/Quiche Venus Calendar
Ixil and Quiche Calendar Round beginnings are now believed to be identical, so this paper applies to Quiche calendar tradition as well.
The Ixil Calendar Round beginning of 1558 appears to be a vestigal Venus Round beginning, in direct relation to the 934 date.
It is important to point out here the two characteristics of the Ixil calendar that distinguish it from the older Tikal system: 1) the Ixil considered Kayab to be the first month of the haab, and 2) they had abandoned zero counting so that the first day of the haab was 1.
www.alignment2012.com /fap10.html   (4896 words)

  
 Nebaj
This municipality is in an area known as the Ixil Triangle.
The Ixil Triangle is composed of three small towns, Nebaj, Chajul and Cotzal.
The major languages spoken in the region are Ixil, K'anjobal, K'iche and Spanish.
members.tripod.com /nebaj   (182 words)

  
 The Pride :: Cal State San Marcos' Student Newspaper
The Ixil are an amazing group of women who formed a women's weaving and agricultural cooperative after the Guatemalan civil war, which ended around 1996.
The Ixil women are mostly widows, or daughters of widows, who lost their husbands during the "violencia," or civil war.
The Ixil women have a good-bye ceremony called a "Desperido," an exchange of pretty words, with Professory Gomez de Garcia, her daughter, and their colleague.
www.csusm.edu /cwis/pride/ARCHIVE/2_10_04/features/4.htm   (1287 words)

  
 eBay: ixil, Motorrad- Kraftradteile, Auto-Ersatz- -Reparaturteile, Auto-Tuning -Styling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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search.ebay.de /ixil   (476 words)

  
 The Traveling Guys
The majority of the people that live in Ixil are from the highlands of Guatemala.
During the Guatemalan civil war (which just ended in 1996), many of the families of Ixil moved to Mexico until the fighting subsided.
The people of Ixil have an astonishingly kind and compassionate spirit, and it is uncommon to see someone without a smile.
www.travelingguys.com /2006/02/the_village_of_ixil.html   (615 words)

  
 Los Cimientos - History
So as to avoid potential conflict with the neighbouring Maya Ixil people, community leaders approached the Maya Ixil council in Chajul to ask if they could move their families to an area of land that was then uninhabited.
The Ixil elders gave them their blessing along with a document from the Chajul Town Council that gave the community of Los Cimientos the right to settle on the land.
This is even after the leaders of the Ixil community during negotiations admitted that they were responsible for the crimes and that the K'iche are the legal owners of the land.
www.livezone.com /maya/history.html   (2106 words)

  
 Los Cimientos - Timeline
Los Cimientos owners are not consulted during the planning meetings even though all Ixil communities and political leaders within the target area are brought into meetings concerning the development of the Reserve.
Ixil threaten the leaders of San Marcos and the K'iche flee again, arriving in the Cotzal Ixil village of Xeputul II - a community of 29 permanent residents, who share their homesites with the 97 K'iche families until Dec 27 when Chajul Ixil threats and Cotzal Ixil fatigue again force the K'iche to flee.
The Ixil admit the crimes committed on June 25 and that the K'iche are the legal owners of the land.
www.livezone.com /maya/timeline.html   (3055 words)

  
 CES: Initiatives
Until the launch of The Ixil Region Advertising and Development Newspaper or “La Region Ixil” as it is locally know, such an opportunity had not been available in the Ixil region, especially not one priced to accommodate the budget of the struggling small business person.
For example, it would be impossible to make a hotel reservation in the Ixil Region unless you know someone in the town who could do it for you because the contact information needed does not exist in an easily accessible place or format, making it difficult to bring outside money into the community.
The first edition of La Region Ixil was complete with 12 pages of articles and a total of 20 paid ads, most of which were under three month contracts.
www.cesolutions.org /ixilregion.htm   (764 words)

  
 Ixil triangle, Guatemala. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
High up on the spine of the Cuchumatanes, in a landscape of steep hills, bowl-shaped valleys and gushing rivers, is the Ixil triangle.
After many setbacks, the Spanish managed to take Nebaj in 1530, and by then they were so enraged that not only was the town burnt to the ground but the survivors were condemned to slavery as punishment for their resistance.
Things didn't improve with the coming of independence, when the Ixil people were regarded as a source of cheap labour and forced to work on the coastal plantations.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/guatemala/ixil_triangle   (385 words)

  
 Live Travel Guides: Nebaj & the Ixil Triangle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Ixil is the smallest group of the Maya, and its area is delineated by three villages: Nebaj, Chajul and Cotzal.
Over the years, their uniforms have changed according to the political climate: Roman centurions, camouflaged soldiers, or in the traditional white pants and bright red coats of Ixil men.
Ixil women wear intricate huipiles (embroidered blouses) and woven ribbon head wraps with pompoms.
www.livetravelguides.com /live-list/guatemala/nebaj-the-ixil-triangle   (484 words)

  
 - Welcome To RAIN - ( Video Section )
Five Ixil men, Felipe Cabo Rivero and four other members of 78 Ixil former Civil Patrol families who are illegally occupying the K'iche land, came with machetes and fire arms to where Juan Itzep Pasa and an 8 year old K'iche boy were collecting corn in a K'iche corn field.
The Ixil men threatened to kill both the man and the child if they did not immediately leave the property.
Recently, the Ixil burned a K'iche cornfield after destroying other K'iche food crops by running their cattle through them and stealing the remaining crops.
www.rain.org /video/tekabout2.html   (577 words)

  
 The Long Trip Home: Archives
The Ixil, descendants of the Maya, live much like their ancestors lived centuries ago.
During the war the Ixil triangle was one of the hot spots for fighting.
The Ixil were caught in the crossfire as both army and guerrilla troops attacked unarmed civilians, assuming the villagers were aiding the other side.
www.thelongtriphome.com /articles-S10-alderman.html   (909 words)

  
 Ixil Guides
The Ixil Region is one of the most beautiful and fascinating areas of Guatemala, and relatively untouched by tourism.
Nebaj is the principle town of the region, and there are several short but enjoyable hikes that can be made from the town itself.
However, for the more adventurous traveler, overnight hikes into the mountains will reveal breath-taking scenery, and also allow an experience of life in rural villages, where Mayan peoples of the Quiche and Ixil groups live.
www.nebaj.com /ixiltheixilregion.htm   (90 words)

  
 Ixil Triangle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Due to its location in the Cuchumatanes mountains, the Ixil Triangle has remained mostly isolated from the rest of the world.
The people of the Ixil Triangle primarily speak the Ixil language.
Ixil Triangle is also the name of a marble game played by the children of La Laguna, a small village about forty minutes from Nebaj.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ixil_Triangle   (366 words)

  
 OTRSS/Maya1/MayaHo/4b
We'd entered the Ixil Triangle, homeland of the Ixil-speaking Mayas whose tongue is as alien to Quiché-phone Pedro as to us or to Mongolians.
The Ixil were horribly devastated during the repression of the 1980s and early 1990s, as were other rural Guatemalans.
We'd come into the Ixil city on its exiting side, circled around the increasingly pedestrian-jammed downtown, and parked a ways from the church square's thronging marketplace, replete with chanting vendors and ranting demagogues.
www.sonic.net /~ric/adventure/maya1/ge4b.htm   (2696 words)

  
 GENOCIDIO
Esta distinción entre ixil y ladinos es clara a lo largo del documento militar "Apreciación de Asuntos Civiles para la Región Ixil"43 que estudia las características de la región y contiene una serie de afirmaciones que expresan juicios de valor respecto a la naturaleza de la población ixil.
La percepción de los ixil como una población "con características especiales" deriva, además de la separación mencionada entre indígenas y ladinos, de una interpretación respecto a los actos de resistencia de la población ixil en la historia reciente del país.
Con relación al idioma, la CEH registró casos de ixil que viajaban a comunidades vecinas a vender sus productos y que, al ser identificados por su idioma, fueron ejecutados.
shr.aaas.org /guatemala/ceh/mds/spanish/cap2/vol3/genocide.html   (9396 words)

  
 Ixil, Ixil Underseat Exhaust, Ixil Underseat Exhaust Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ixil EUROLINE products have been designed with CAD technological processes and from the experience gained in the world of competition.
The Ixil EUROLINE range is made from the highest quality materials and using the latest generation processes, to satisfy the most demanding requirements.
The concept of Ixil EUROLINE has been created as a response to the need for adaptation to different performance levels on a single model.
www.indysuperbikes.com /Isb1/ixil_underseat_exhaust.html   (173 words)

  
 Trails
From the department of Huehuetenango to the Ixil area (Quiché), across the Cuchumatanes, this trail offers an extraordinary geographical and cultural variety for riders with an adventurous spirit willing to go off the beaten path.
In the highlands, the view of volcanos stretches towards infinity, the magic of open spaces is marked only by rocks, cactus and pines and sometimes by "adobe" houses with slate roofs.
Meanwhile, in the Ixil area, the rivers become more frequent, the mountains closer and darker, contrasted only with the bloodred color skirts of the ixil women.
www.unicornioazul.com /trails.htm   (712 words)

  
 IXIL-clan -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ixil is not mentioned to be next best clan in the whole world, it's just about having fun when playing Counter-Strike.
So you don't have to have over 5000 skill to get in Ixil.
Only requirement to be in Ixil is to speak ok English, so we all can communicate with eachother.
www.freewebs.com /ixil/index.htm   (99 words)

  
 Voices, Images and History
Among them are a group of Mayan Ixil women who banded together several years ago to respond to the psychological, as well as economic and educational consequences of the war.
As part of their efforts, the women undertook a project to record the personal and social history of Chajul, utilizing a relatively new skill - photography - in combination with the ancient art of storytelling.
Assisted by University of Texas graduate student Joan Williams, daughter of a professional photographer, the "PhotoVoice" project began to take shape, said Lykes, who held workshops with the Ixil women that focused on the thematic and psychosocial aspects of the task, as well as guidelines for interviewing and researching.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v10/ja31/lykes.html   (1005 words)

  
 IXIL exhausts
IXIL came onto the market in 1955, backed by a family business in the heart of Barcelona.
The constant efforts and determination of two generations to offer products with the best possible guarantees have been fundamental in obtaining world-wide recognition.
IXIL takes part in the racing world and enjoys the confidence of world class competitors in the top 500 cc category, where new materials and technologies are developed and tested in order to achieve maximum quality.
www.motorbike-world.co.uk /ixil-exhausts.htm   (243 words)

  
 Data Sources Listed by Date   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The purpose of this index is to serve as a stepping stone from the Comparative Vocabulary to the Bibliography.
For example, if one wished to locate the 1887 source of the Ixil data in the vocabulary, it would be a cumbersome, time-consuming task to look through the Bibliography until one came across the source associated with that particular date for Ixil.
Full bibliographic details for these compound sources are listed in the Bibliography under the name which is given in capital letters.
maya.hum.sdu.dk /mayabibliodate.html   (336 words)

  
 R6-Forum.Com - Ixil underseat exhaust?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I was considering a wolf underseat exhaust system for my 2003 R6 but noticed there was an underseat exhaust system for half the price (Ixil).
i haven't had wolf or ixil but i hear wolf is pretty mean.
Odd as it may sound I am an IXIL distributor too - that way when I get calls about the ZX6 etc which I do not cover I can offer these.
www.r6-forum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7699   (511 words)

  
 Nebaj, Guatemala: Life of an Ixil Family - a photoset on Flickr (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Deep in the central Guatemalan highlands lays the small municipality of Santa Maria Nebaj, comprised mostly of a unique ethno-linguistic group, the Ixil Maya, which has roots dating back to centuries before the arrival of the Spanish.
During the devastating 36-year civil war which Guatemala suffered from 1960 to 1996, people from the so-called Ixil triangle suffered perhaps the worst atrocities.
The following Ixil family has received direct anonymous threats for its involvement in campaigns seeking social reforms.
www.flickr.com.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/mimundo/sets/72157594344065744   (186 words)

  
 Guatemala: A Farewell to Arms, Ixil Civil Defense Patrollers Turn in their Weapons
In the office of the PDH the official minutes of the event are written.
This day has been an important one; it marks the first public demobilization and surrender of arms by the PAC in the Ixil area.
As people there commented, the strength of this community and the neighboring communities which have accompanied and supporte d them, is not in the number of weapons they have, nor in the existence of the PAC in their communities, but rather in their ability to stay unified as they have on this day.
www.peacebrigades.org /guatemala/cap96-02.html   (862 words)

  
 Guatemala: Land Conflict in the Ixil Triangle
More than 5,000 people, the majority indigenous Ixils, live in these fertile valleys with a temperate climate situated between the mountains and the tropical Ixcán region.
These four communities along with another nearby village, Estrella Polar, are presently involved in a struggle to recover their land.
Today, as many Guatemalans anticipate an end to the war, civilian Ixils, and especially the residents of Chajul, are once again organizing and staking their claims as they did in the 1970s.
www.peacebrigades.org /guatemala/cap96-07.html   (1193 words)

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