The Chortís of Eastern Guatemala

Abstract

The purpose of the essay is to determine who are the Chortís of eastern Guatemala, for this purpose a bibliographic study of social indicators, commercial relations, and the perception of the disease from the worldview was carried out. The information presented is the product of anthropological studies that have been carried out in eastern Guatemala where the Chortís live. Important researchers such as Charles Charles Wisdom Rafael Girard, Rosa Flores, Teresa Mosquera, Claudia Dary, to name a few. The Chortí ethnic group belongs to the Mayan people, mostly located in the municipalities of Jocotán, Camotán, San Juan Ermita, Olopa in the department of Chiquimula and in the municipality of La Unión in the department of Zacapa, due to the so-called dry corridor in these municipalities. there is a lot of poverty and hunger, declared by UNICEF If one in two children under 5 years old suffers from chronic malnutrition. According to Villela (2017) How can be the indicators of health, education, security? of quality of life in general or even of life compatible with the predominant religious confessions, be it traditional Protestant, neo-Pentecostal or Catholic. They are extreme and incredibly precarious living conditions.