San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas

San Cristóbal de las Casas is a highland town in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas founded in 1528. It’s known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and the indigenous Mayan culture. The photo sequence shows a city where the street is the theater of the diary life: the traditional market, the cathedral, the Tzotzil women walking for the site, a Mexican “ranchero” drinking….just a frame in whirling society. Here the time is fall down in a no history era. The colonial past, the ancient Mayan civilization and the present are mixed in a city where many cultures share a piece of land on the top of the mountain.

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