Word: chichicastenango
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Indians accepted the new gods enthusiastically, but kept the old, and melded the two into a strange religion of their own. Villages had special local deities. Chichicastenango Indians lit candles in the church, then offered candles, liquor and even crosses on a three-foot-high stone figure of the pagan god Pascual-Abaj on a hill behind the church. Santiago Atitlán's favorite was Maximón, a raffish deity with four hats and an uninhibited libido...
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