Apparently, they believe that to photograph them, is to take a part of their soul. Or at least that's what tourists are told, when they visit in droves.

Aside from its generally spooky ambiance, the real draw of Chamula, which you can get to on a day trip from the central highlands town of San Cristobal las Casas, is the church, inside which some true sorcery takes place. 

Hundreds of candles burn for Mayan spirits, Disney stickers plaster the walls and a cassette plays Christmas music - whatever the time of year. 

Pine needles coat the floor, and townspeople sit with live chickens in their laps, sipping on coca cola and the local moonshine. Every so often, a chicken is sacrificed. 

It's widely believed that the babies in Chamula are fed Coca Cola to make them burp, which in turn expels dark spirits.

Chamula is just one of the world's creepiest towns. Here, MailOnline Travel delves into some of the other unusual places that should be on everyone's travel list...

Dwarf City, China

All inhabitants of self-titled Dwarf City must measure under four foot and three inches tall. 

The self sufficient community - which includes its own fire brigade and police service, in Kunming, Southern China, was founded in 2009, by a group of dwarves living in a mountain community. 

The group turned their homes into a living theme park, building mushroom-shaped houses to live in and wearing fairytale costumes in a bid to woo tourists to their attraction.  

'As small people we are used to being pushed around and exploited by big people. But here there aren't any big people and everything we do is for us,' spokesman Fu Tien said.

Coober Pedy, Australia  

Around 3500 residents of the residents of the mining town of Coober Pedy, in southern Australia, live underground, in dugouts or mud caves. 

The town even comes complete with churches, museums, art galleries, a bar and even hotels for travellers to get the underground life first-hand. 

The culturally diverse town is known for supplying the world with the majority of gem quality opal, which is their main source of income. 

But due to the heat - temperatures can climb up to 50 degrees in the day time, it is one of the world's most inhospitable regions, which explains its residents being happy to dwell in subterranean homes.

Aoshima, Japan 

In Japan, a remote island in the south is overrun by an army of feral cats. 

You'll see cats wherever you look in Aoshima, where the furry creatures outnumber humans six to one. Originally introduced to deal with mice that plagued fishermen's boats, the cats stayed on - and multiplied.

Now more than 120 cats live in Aoshima, along with just a handful of humans - predominantly pensioners who have remained here since the Second World War.  

The Villages, Florida

The Villages, in Florida is the world's largest retirement complex - home to more than 100,000 OAPS.

Made up of a series of mini estates containing row after row of identical bungalows, each has a perfectly manicured lawn. Strict rules stipulate that grandchildren can stay no longer than 30 days a year and there are even rules about which garden ornaments and holiday decorations can be used. 

Electronic golf carts are the transport mode of choice.   

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Away from the oranges and reds of Marrakech, Chefchaouen is Morocco's moody blue haven in the hills.  In the northeast of the country, the city is set against the Rif mountains and almost all of its buildings are painted a beautiful shade of blue. 

It's thought that the walls, doorways, stairs and pavements were painted blue by Jewish refugees who fled here during the thirties after Hitler rose to power. In Judaism, blue represents the heavens and it served as a reminder to inhabitants to lead spiritual lives.

Colma, California 

A small town in San Mateo County, California is home to more dead inhabitants than alive ones. 

Colma, population around 2,000, was founded a necropolis in 1924, as much of its land is devoted to cemeteries. Thus, the population of the dead outnumber the living by around a thousand to one. 

With most of Colma's land dedicated to cemeteries, the population of the dead outnumber the living by over a thousand to one.

Thames Town, China  

With its cobbled streets, red telephone boxes  mock tudor buildings, it could easily be a quaint English market town. But for the fact that it is 19 miles from central Shanghai, in eastern China. 

One of a range of Chinese imitations of Western cityscapes, Thames Town opened in 2006 as a replica of a small town in the UK.

Traditional buildings were copied and pubs and shops were imitated in an attempt to recreate the British way of life, and developers fashioned an artificial river to replicate the Thames. There are even statues of Winston Churchill and Harry Potter.

(dailymail.co.uk)