Market Stall · Bean Tamale
Tamalitos de Frijol
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Sololá's Tuesday and Friday markets draw Kaqchikel, K'iche' and Tz'utujil traders from around the lake, many wearing their own town's traditional dress.
Small masa tamales filled with a smear of black bean paste, wrapped in corn husk and steamed. Kaqchikel and Tz'utujil women sell them from baskets around the market plaza.
Why it's made this way: Sololá's market has anchored daily eating for surrounding Maya highland towns since before colonization, and simple corn-and-bean tamales remain its everyday staple.
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