Huehuetla Tepehua in Mexico

The Huehuetla Tepehua have only been reported in Mexico
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Largest Religion
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Introduction / History

The Tepehuas live in Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. There are three Tepehua subgroups, each with their own language. One of these is Huehuetla.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Their primary food crop is corn and beans. As a cash crop, some grow coffee or oranges, although sugar cane is more common. Many young people have sought temporary work in cities because the local economy cannot support them. Older women still make and wear traditional hand-embroidered blouses with intricate patterns of flowers, fruit, birds, and animals.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Because the priest who worked in the area after the land wars of the 1930s was not Roman Catholic, but Eastern Orthodox, the result is something unique among rural Mexican towns. The church in the town square is Orthodox and not Roman Catholic. In spite of this, the majority of the people really don't understand how the Orthodox church differs from the Roman Catholic Church.

In addition to the Orthodox congregation, a Roman Catholic priest conducts mass with a small group of devotees in a private home. Most Las Flores speakers identify themselves as Catholic, but their belief system demonstrates what anthropologists call "Cristo-paganism." The saints of the church are considered gods or mini-gods with special power in certain domains.

There is a local Assemblies of God congregation as well.


What Are Their Needs?

While people acknowledge God, they also practice traditional medicine. A family will often seek out a modern cure from a local government clinic first. But if the illness persists, they will then turn to the local shaman to deal with the spirits. This suggests a need for medical care.


Prayer Items

Pray for God to send someone to teach them marketable skills that they can use anywhere in Mexico.
Pray for Huehuetla Tepehua disciples to make more disciples.
Pray for a spiritual hunger that will lead them to the cross.
Pray for the Lord to show himself mighty by abundantly providing for their needs.


Scripture Prayers for the Tepehua, Huehuetla in Mexico.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepehuas


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Tepehua, Huehuetla
People Name in Country Tepehua, Huehuetla
Natural Name Huehuetla Tepehua
Pronunciation way-WAY-tlah teh-PAY-wah
Alternate Names Huehuetla Tepehua
Population this Country 5,600
Population all Countries 5,600
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 5
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 6  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 12139
ROP3 Code 103895
Country Mexico
Region America, Latin
Continent North America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 31  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Hidalgo state: Huehuetla; Puebla state: half of Mecapalapa town; Veracruz state: northwest.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Mexico
Region America, Latin
Continent North America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 31  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Hidalgo state: Huehuetla; Puebla state: half of Mecapalapa town; Veracruz state: northwest..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 18.00 %)
71.00 %
Ethnic Religions
20.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
9.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Tepehua, Huehuetla
Language Code tee   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 2
Secondary Languages
Spanish
Primary Language Tepehua, Huehuetla
Language Code tee   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 2
Secondary Languages
  Spanish
People Groups Speaking Tepehua, Huehuetla
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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