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Mayan Medicine Museum of San Cristobal de las Casas

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

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The Mayan Medicine Museum of San Cristóbal de las Casas, located at Av. Salomón González Blanco 10, Col. Morelos, has as its main objective the dissemination of Tzotzil-Tzeltal healing practices in the state of Chiapas, made up of a diversity of museographic environments that recreate the uses of this traditional medicine, in addition to the practice and therapeutic resources used by the Jilol (puller), Koponej witz (hill prayer), Tzakbak (bone setter), Jvetome (midwife) and Acvomol (herbalist).

Municipality

The municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas is one of the municipalities that make up the state of Chiapas, San Cristóbal, was founded with the name of Villa Real de Chiapa in the ancient Valley of Hueyzacatlán, which means Zacatonal in Nahuatl, one of the main tourist destinations in Chiapas has a wide variety of options such as the Cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas, the Church of San Nicolás, the Church of La Merced, museums such as the Sna-Jolobil Museum and the Na-Bolom Museum as well as eco-tourism centers.

Festivities

In San Cristóbal de las Casas the most important celebrations are the festivals of the Sweet Child of Jesus, Lord of Esquipulas, Saint Anthony, Corpus Christi, Saint Christopher and the Holy Family.


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