Ethnic composition:
Indians, yellow people, the oldest inhabitants of America. It is said that they migrated from Asia through the Bering Strait about 15000-25000 years ago and distributed in North and South America. There are Eskimos and Aleutians in the northernmost part; In North America, there are Gan people, Argentine people, Iroquois people, Sioux people and Muskoch people. In Central America, there are Aztecs, Mayans, Caribs, Chibucha, etc. There are Incas, Guarani and Arraou Gan in South America. This language belongs to the Indo-Chinese family. First planted corn, potatoes, sunflowers, cotton, cinchona trees and other crops, making contributions to mankind. /kloc-Before the 6th century, most of them were still in the matriarchal clan stage, and a few people like Maya, Aztecs and Incas had already formed early slave countries and had quite high culture. Since16th century, it has been destroyed and killed by European colonists, and its development has been interrupted and its population has declined. There are more than 32 million people. Mainly engaged in agriculture. There are about 800,000 people left in North America, most of whom have been driven into the reservation and lead a hard life. In Central America and South America, it is generally discriminated and assimilated by the rulers of the host countries.
marriage customs
The wedding of Indian chiefs has a strong national color. Weddings are usually held in public buildings in Indian settlements, usually a big wooden house. At the wedding, relatives, friends, neighbors and villagers came to the wooden house one after another, and everyone sat on the floor and greeted each other. Men, women and children all wear national costumes with novel styles and bright colors. Although Indians are cheerful, the wedding occasion is very quiet, even if they speak softly.
other
Due to historical reasons, most Indians now live in remote rural areas. Like the Mayans, most other Indians kept their traditional customs. Indians still like to use rough clay pots, stone bowls and wooden spoons when cooking. When someone is sick, they collect herbs, or light them to smoke, or cook soup to bathe them. They still like to wear traditional clothes with their own national characteristics. Maya women in Yucatan Peninsula, regardless of age, wear loose white embroidered skirts and colorful flowers. Men wear loose white trousers, straw hats and sandals. Indian women in the central plateau love to wear embroidered tops and long skirts with vertical stripes. They wear a versatile shawl called "Reboco". This shawl can not only keep out the sun, but also keep out the cold. You can also carry children and pack things. Clothing with national characteristics has become an obvious symbol of Indians. Many Indians still live in primitive houses. In Yucatan Peninsula, the Mayans carved out a flat land in the Woods, used local materials, fixed thick branches on the ground one by one, formed a big circle, and put the big leaves of palm trees on it, and the house was built.
Culture:
In fact, the Mayans are a member of the Indian family. There are 56 Indian nationalities in Mexico, with a total population of about 10% and a population of about 100000. In the past, Indians have always been the masters of this land in Mexico. They created world-famous ancient Indian cultures such as Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Tortek and Aztec, so Mexico became a center of ancient Indian culture. It was not until the Spanish colonists invaded Mexico in 15 19 that the Indians became a minority in Mexico because of slaughter and mixed blood.
Maya culture is one of the most famous ancient cultures in the world and is known as the cradle of American Indian culture. The areas where Mayan culture developed include Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico, Tika in Guatemala, Copan in western Honduras, Vasak Tong (the oldest known Mayan city) and parts of Belize and El Salvador, covering an area of about 325,000 square kilometers.