Describing people

When Mixtec people describe others, it is usally in terms of a person's qualities rather than their appearance.

In the video at the right, Marcos, a Mixtec instructor from the Mixteca Baja region of Oaxaca, explains how to describe people according to Mixtec culture. (In Spanish)

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