Awakatek people
[2] The word Awakateko is a reference to the town of Aguacatán, which in Nahuatl means “place of abundant avocados”, they call themselves Qatanum which translates to “our people”.They formally settled in the southern Mexican territory during the Guatemalan Civil War in search of refuge from the violence, genocide and military persecution of which the indigenous peoples of their region were targeted.Finally, in Campeche they founded new permanent communities along with other indigenous peoples such as the Ixil and the Q'eqchi'.[5] In Guatemala they live in municipality of Aguacatán, located in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes region of the department of Huehuetenango.Their religion is mostly Catholicism mixed with native elements related to natural features, such as mountains, hills, water, clouds and rivers.