| Chinantec -- Encyclopædia Britannica (360 words) |
 | The Chinantec, who numbered about 150,000 in the late 20th century, are agricultural, as are most Middle American Indians. |
| They live in a hilly area, partly arid and partly rainy; their neighbours are the Mazatec (q.v.) to the north, the Chinantec (q.v.) to the east, and the Mixtec (q.v.) to the south. |
| If an unbaptized infant dies, the body is buried immediately without the usual ritual observances—ringing of the church bells, burning of incense, and reading and singing of prayers in the home, at the... |
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