Yucatec Maya people

The Yucatec Maya language, called ''Máaya t'áan'' in their own language, is the most spoken Maya language in the Yucatán Peninsula and the second-most spoken Maya language after Kʼicheʼ. In 2000, 799,696 people in Mexico spoke the language. == History ==

Precontact in Chichén Itzá. Maya people have lived in the Yucatán Peninsula for at least 7,000 years. The Preclassic period spanned from 2000 BC to AD 250. During this time the early Mayan civilization rose. The Classic period was 300 to 900, and the Postclassic period was 1000 to 1500. Cecilio Chi, Jacinto Pat and Manuel Antonio Ay were the three main leaders of the war during the first stage. The war ends with the entrance of the federal army Mexican to Chan Santa Cruz in 1901. While some Yucatec Maya lived in northern Belize, many more fled there from Mexico after the Caste War. He served through 1982 and improved rural healthcare throughout the state. Since his election dozens of Yucatec Maya people have served in political offices. == Culture ==

The typical women's dress is made up of the huipil decorated with flowers on the neck, the doublet, which goes on top of the hipil, and the fustian, which goes to the bottom. The terno is only used during important celebrations. and it is the hipil that is used every day. The typical men's costume consists of a white guayabera, white pants, a hippie hat and a red bandanna. The best known tradition is that of the Janal Pixan (lunch of the ánimas), in which they create altars of rendados to the dead persons. == Demographics ==

Currently there are 1,646,782 Yucatec Mayans in Mexican territory. The Mexican state which has the largest population belonging to this ethnic group is Yucatán. In the 1921 Mexican census, 155,155 (43.31%) of the 14,334,780 people in the state of Yucatán were categorized as being purely Indigenous, while 121,189 (33.8%) were categorized as being indígena mezclada con blanca or mestizo. == See also ==