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Todos Santos Cuchumatan Festival in Todos Santos Cuchumatan
Todos Santos Cuchumatan's November 1 festival centers on a repeated out-and-back horse race, run by costumed riders who drink throughout the day and continue until sunset or collapse. Known locally as the Skach Koyl, the race leads into Day of the Dead cemetery visits on November 2. The remote Huehuetenango town retains Mam Maya dress and language more visibly than most of Guatemala.
Todos Santos Cuchumatan lies high in the Cuchumatanes mountains of Huehuetenango, isolated enough that Mam Maya language and dress have persisted here more thoroughly than in most Guatemalan towns.