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OVENTIC, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of Zapatista rebels on Monday celebrated the 13th anniversary of their brief uprising against the Mexican government, dancing, singing and holding discussions on improving the status of poor Indians in the southern state of Chiapas.
The ceremonies, which attracted hundreds of foreigners from numerous countries, began Sunday night under the stewardship of Sumcomandante Marcos, the ski-masked, pipe-smoking Zapatista leader.
Participants saluted the Mexican and Zapatista flags, and held a large dance and ate traditional tamales and coffee in the Zapatistas' base of Oventic, about 460 miles southeast of Mexico City.
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