Ixil Community

Other foods commonly eaten are boxbol, which are small corn dumplings steamed in squash leaves covered in chili sauce.

Malanga, "güisquil" (pronounced "wiskil": many know it as "chayote"), beans, squash, and eggs make up the rest of their typical diet.

During the Guatemalan Civil War, the Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP) used the surrounding mountains as a base of operations.

[7][8] The army's campaign against civilians in this region may have been motivated partially by a desire "to weaken and eventually eradicate Maya culture."

Villagers slowly learned not to wear their traditional Maya clothing, because its distinctive appearance made them easy targets for soldiers.