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Scenes from Mexico

This home belongs to a farmer and his family in the indigenous village of Zinacantan located in central highlands of Chiapas. This home has electricity, but no running water. The family raises mums for sale in the local market. They also grow corn on a small hillside plot and tend to a few goats and chickens. The little boy in this picture attends a local elementary school. School instruction is in Spanish, although the family speaks a native language in the home. In this village, schooling is available only through the sixth grade.

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