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Show Spotless Guatemala City At an altitude of about 5,000 feet above sea level, and with a 170,000 population, Guatemala City, capital of Guatemala, is an attractive spot in tropical America. The name, of Indian origin, means "permanency-place "permanency-place of ancestors." Of real interest inter-est are the palaces, temples, pottery, pot-tery, statues, monuments and burial bur-ial places, mysteries of dead and gone ages. Broad streets and snowy houses are unusually attractive, attrac-tive, for it is a spotless city. The market place attracts visitors who find most enjoyable the place where Indians of many tribes congregate. For many miles, these men and women have jogged along patiently, bringing their handicraft and pottery pot-tery to be sold at very reasonable figures. One may determine, if educated edu-cated in their tribal traditions, to distinguish which tribe they belong to by the aprons of the men and the blouses of the women, each having different weave and pattern. |