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Maize is the staple of Guatemalan diet. Beyond being the fundamental nutritional base in many indigenous households in the form of the tortilla, the tortilla also has a vital spiritual and communal function. Through examining the way that people interact with maize throughout its life cycle, we are able to see the fundamental role it plays in maintaining community support systems, indicating social ... read morestatus, and cementing a connection that reaches beyond the present generation. In an age where chronic malnutrition affects almost 70% of indigenous children, the relationship the indigenous K'iche' have with maize is fundamental to understand and respect prior to implementing nutritional and development policy.read less
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