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indigenous blood, and describe the indigenous people as \u2018lazy\u2019 and \u2018indolent\u2019 by nature. According to Casaus this prejudice is applied to all indigenous people as permanent characteristics that accentuate the domination over them (1995: 21-25, 206-207).\u000AOf course, this contemptuous attitude towards the indigenous native people not only comes from the dominant elite, but also from the Ladino population. In his book La Patria del Criollo Severo Mart\u00EDnez (1973) develops the thesis that the ladino from Colonial times has maintained a sense of superiority and domination over the indigenous populations. An example of this attitude of open racism was revealed in the moment of choosing the Nobel Peace prize winner Rigoberta Mench\u00FA. She was not received with any enthusiasm and waited for the support of the government authority presided over by Serrano El\u00EDas. Some members of the government showed preference for another lady representing the rich classes.\u000AWhat do the NPS think of them? Do they deal with them differently? Do they form a part of the Neo-Pentecostal communities? What attitude do they show towards the indigenous communities and their culture? Some aspects will be considered that the researcher gathered in his interviews between the NPS and other field work observations.\u000A1. Indigenous communities among the Neo-Pentecostals\u000AThe NPCs do not have a large indigenous population because they emerged from the urban areas of the country. Despite this situation, the researcher observed the presence of indigenous families in his visits to these churches in Guatemala City. Women who attend arrive in their traditional clothes which identify them with some of the twenty-three existing ethnic groups in the country, whereas the men dress like westerners. In the departmental centres in the West the affluence of indigenous families is greater especially among Pentecostals and historical churches. They are not only part of these churches, but they participate openly and serve in different privileges.\u000A 224\u000A