Today was a very good day. This morning I lead a group of 11 volunteers through the streets of Antigua Guatemala. During the photo walk we encountered a beautiful Maya woman whom I had photographed months ago and only now I was able to give her printed photographed. After the photo walk, I stopped to … Read more
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Here’s what I see with these group of Maya women: Have lunch Continue weaving Gossip a little Tell jokes Make some calls What about you, what do you do while it rains?
The atrium of the former Compañía de Jesús building is a favourite spot to have lunch during sunny days as well as during rainy days. Here we can appreciate the immensity of this building façade when compare the Maya women having lunch under the arch to shelter themselves from the light rains. ¡Buen provecho pues!
For this Día de la Raza I would like to share with you the faces of cultural resistance in a world where identity is being erased or blended, in Guatemala the Maya women represent a strong hold for the Guatemalan identity. In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America, October 12 is a national holiday … Read more
As I said before, it is impossible to think of the Guatemalan, Mexican and Mesoamerican diet without maize. From the Popul Vuh (Popol Wuj in modern spelling), the Mayan equivalent of the Bible, which states that humans were literally created from maize, to Miguel Ángel Asturias‘ novel Hombres de maíz (Men of Maize) which is … Read more
In the previous century it was common knowledge that one could identify the provenance of the Maya people in Guatemala, especially women, by their corte and güipil (skirt and blouse). Pan-Mayanism is changing this at such fast rate that in just a few years the Maya will mix and match textiles from all over the … Read more
Most Guatemalan families are very tight with several generations often interacting with one another. It is not unusual to have at least three generations living under the same roof. That’s what I call family ties. 😉 Have you had to opportunity to notice this or to live with a Guatemalan family?
I can’t count the number of times my mother chastised me for slouching throughout my childhood. A few times she even succeeded in convincing me to practice walking with a book on my head so that I might “improve my posture.”