Chichicastenango

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Chichicastenango, a 2-3 hours drive northwest of Guatemala City, is home to what is surely the most colorful native market in North and Central America, . Market days are Sundays and Thursdays, and draw not only the K'iche' Maya of the surrounding region, but vendors from all over Guatemala, representing many of Guatemala's linguistic groups such as Mam, Ixil, Kaqchikel and others, each hawking products in a cacophony of color, dialects and costumes, smoke, and smells.

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