The Lacandons , the last descendants of the Maya.
The Lacandons, the last descendants of the Maya live near Yaxchilan the Mayan royal city of the end of 600 BC. The Mexican government gave to the Lacandons in 1972 a territory of 662,000 hectares around Yaxchilan and Bonampak.
In Maya the Lacandons are called Hach Vinik "the real men", always dressed in a white tunic they live in a very reduced community in the state of Chapias.
(Photo Patrick Aventurier).
In Maya the Lacandons are called Hach Vinik "the real men", always dressed in a white tunic they live in a very reduced community in the state of Chapias.
(Photo Patrick Aventurier).
