The indigenous we are brown, we are chaparritos and also we spoke mixteco, that is our maternal language (in other regions we spoke zapoteco, chinanteco...).
We have traditions like the weave, that are huipiles rolls and, rebozos, blankets that are done of pure wool of lamb. Or the tortillas, like coce the nixtamal, as it is ground by hand. Another tradition is since we make the carnival, we covered with you chewed the faces.
In the celebrations guetza becomes. When somebody has a position normally makes a celebration. Then they get to see us with a money, with tortillas - it depends on the reach of a person and we wrote down to give back it it when to this person it is called on to him to make a celebration. This is guetza.
Tequio is another indigenous tradition. There is a person, who is our representative, and she is that she says to us that day is going to have tequio. The day that is going to have tequio already touches the bull horn. Then we are going to work all together ones: in the highway or the coffee plantation or what is.
We are humble, that is, to penitas we lived. We lived between the montanas and hills in pequenas communities. We are farmers. We seeded corn and frijol and cafe, although some leave to work outside.
The government does not take care of to us as he must of being. Like an example: a farmer dies like an animal, does not have safe of life.
Although we are poor or we are removing a step ahead, because or we are organized. The government takes care of to us, but it is necessary to bother it.
CIPO-RFM San Isidro Aloapam, Demetrio Rogelio Perez Mendez

USES And CUSTOMS

The town of San Isidro Aloapam from its foundation comes naming its authorities according to its uses and customs.
Traditionally the day first of November of each year is summoned to an assembly of citizens, exclusive date when all the citizens reunen themselves in where the citizen agent of manifest police to presenfes the appointment of new authorities for the following period in the desempeno of a function year. The assembly together names to traves of mayoria of votes, with other members of different authorities and comites that they work in this town, that is the following ones: Agent of Municipal Policia, Secretary, Substitute Agent, Treasurer, Policias, committee of the Water, committee of the Way, committee of the Light Electrica, committee de Salud, committee of School, committee of the Communitarian INEA, Ordered of the Church. All fulfill their positions free.
The new year comes near. The new authorities decide to make live together to receive their positions and the new year, in where the orchestra of the place participates. Since of two weeks of function, the authority summons an assembly of all the citizens to decide on the activities that are going away to make the year throughout. If one is a work works in tequio, like way adjustment, etc. Also they are celebrated general assemblies any date of the year when there are important subjects or problems. The citizens reunite themselves so that they find out the subjects that are in process and to advance his pursuit to the government instances where he requires himself.