Museo Maya Ixil


The musical instruments, stone implements, weapons, indigenous outfits and archaeological finds crammed into this humble adobe home have been painstakingly selected by a local historian, along with evidence of Chajul's resistance during the armed conflict of the 1980s. From the Parque Central, turn left at the bank, then right uphill. If there's no one around, inquire at the Banrural.


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