Tamazola Mixteco in Mexico

The Tamazola Mixteco have only been reported in Mexico
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Introduction / History

Mixteco groups live in the mountains of Southern Mexico. They maintain a pre-Colombian language and culture. Their language, Mixteco, which also has several dialects such as Tamazola which set them apart from one another. Most also speak Spanish, the language of trade, education, and government. Their name reflects their dialect and the town they live.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Today the Tamazola Mixtecos are usually subsistence farmers who grow corn, beans, and squash. Their farming equipment is usually basic. Mixtecs struggle to eke out a living from the poor soil. Most families exhaust their limited food supplies long before the next harvest. They improve their diet through hunting and fishing. Mixtecos go to the forests to collect things to sell in the markets. They also sell woven and ceramic goods.

Men plow the fields and tend their oxen. They enjoy easy access to alcohol, which causes serious family problems. Women carry the primary responsibility for Mixteco homes and families they cut firewood, wash clothes far away in a creek, wake before the sun comes up to make tortillas for their families' daily sustenance, tend goats or sheep, take care of children, and maintain their homes.

Mixteco culture is both hierarchical and patriarchal. Those who move from their villages maintain very strong cultural, family, and financial ties to their communities of origin. Most are oral learners and do not read or write in their own language.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The primary religion practiced by the Tamazola Mixtecos is a form of folk Catholicism. They revere Catholic saints, nature spirits and their ancestors, whom they believe are the guardians of Mixteco ways. They have regular fiestas to honor and revere their gods and patron saints.


What Are Their Needs?

The Tamazola Mixteco people need to put their trust and identity in the loving God of Creation who sent his son to make it possible for them to become part of his holy family.


Prayer Items

Pray for a "Book of Acts" type of movement to Christ among the Tamazola Mixtecos.
Pray God will have mercy on the Mixtecos, doing whatever it takes to place them in a position to receive him.
Ask God to give the Tamazola Mixtecos a record breaking harvest as a testimony of his goodness and power.
Pray for the Lord to use them as his servants among others in Mexico.
Pray for Mixteco men to turn from alcohol so they can care for their families.


Scripture Prayers for the Mixteco, Tamazola in Mexico.


References

https://www.peoplegroups.info/site/PeopleGroupHighlight/id/546/name/Mixtec%2C+Mixtepec/sort/state
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixtec_Culture


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Mixteco, Tamazola
People Name in Country Mixteco, Tamazola
Natural Name Tamazola Mixteco
Pronunciation tah-mah-SO-lah meeks-TEH-koh
Alternate Names Mixteco; Mixteco, San Juan Tamazola; Mixteco, Tamazola San Juan; Mixteco, Tamazola, Nochixtlan, Oaxaca; Tamazola; Tamazola Mixtec
Population this Country 1,900
Population all Countries 1,900
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 5  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 14700
ROP3 Code 108610
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 Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán and San Juan Tamazola.   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 Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán and San Juan Tamazola..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 10.00 %)
95.00 %
Ethnic Religions
2.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
3.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Mixtec, Tamazola
Language Code vmx   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 2
Secondary Languages
Spanish
Primary Language Mixtec, Tamazola
Language Code vmx   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 2
Secondary Languages
  Spanish
People Groups Speaking Mixtec, Tamazola

Primary Language:  Mixtec, Tamazola

Bible Translation Status:  Translation Needed

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Audio Recordings Audio Bible teaching Global Recordings Network
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