Todos Santos Cuchumatán

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Todos Santos Cuchumatán ({{IPA|es|ˈtoðos ˈsantos kutʃumaˈtan}}) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes at an elevation of 2,500 m (about 8,000 ft). The municipality covers an area of approximately 269 km² and is formed by the town of Todos Santos Cuchumatán, 6 villages, and 69 smaller rural communities, called caserios, parajes, and cantones.{{cite web |url=http://www.inforpressca.com/todossantos/diagostico_socioeconomico_todos_santos.pdf |title=Todos Santos Cuchumatán - Diagnóstico Socioeconómico, potencialidades productivas y propuestas de inversión |accessdate=2009-02-02 |author= |year=2004 |publisher=Universidad de San Carlos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, EPS}} The village of San Martin Cuchumatán is the second largest urbanized centre in the municipality of Todos Santos. San Martin is also the agricultural heart of the Cuchumateca valley which produces crops like potatoes, broccoli and large scale cultivation of coffee on the lower mountain slopes of the municipality.

The population of Todos Santos is predominantly indigenous, of Mayan descent, most of whom still speak the Mayan language of Mam. The town is one of few places in Guatemala where indigenous men still wear their traditional clothing, along with the women.{{cite book

| last = Pancorbo

| first = Luis

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| title = Fiestas del Mundo. Las Máscaras de la Luna

| publisher = Ediciones del Serbal

| location = Barcelona

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| year = 1996

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| isbn = 84-7628-168-4

| pages = 51–59 }}

An annual festival is celebrated on October 31–November 2, and is centered on All Saints' Day on November 1 ("Todos Santos" translates to "all saints" in English). Festivities include traditional dances, marimba music and the famous horse races. The horse races are often the scene of mayhem and bloodshed due to the riders' penchant to drink alcohol for days leading up to the races even though the mayor banned the selling of hard alcohol in May 2008.{{cite news| url=http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE5A14XN20091102?sp=true | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710113357/http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE5A14XN20091102?sp=true | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 10, 2012 | work=Reuters | title=Moonshine turns Mayan horse race in Guatemala rowdy | date=November 2, 2009}}

In May 2000, a group of tourists from Japan and a bus driver were attacked by a large mob{{Cite web |last=Miranda |first=Ricardo |date=August 4, 2000 |title=Ugly lynchings in Guatemala a legacy of war |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ugly-lynchings-in-guatemala-a-legacy-of-war/article1041564/ |website=The Globe And Mail}} after members of the group took pictures of local children. The Guatemalan bus driver was doused with gasoline and burned to death, and one member of the Japanese tour group was stoned to death. Two other tourists were injured along with two police officers.{{Cite web |last=City |first=Ibon Villelabeitia in Guatemala |date=2000-05-01 |title=Mayan mob kills two 'baby stealers' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/may/02/5 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}