Celebrating the Roots of the Yucatecan People
“Of yellow corn and white corn they made their flesh; from corn dough they made the arms and legs of man. Only corn dough went into the flesh of our…
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“Of yellow corn and white corn they made their flesh; from corn dough they made the arms and legs of man. Only corn dough went into the flesh of our…
Continue readingKnown in Yucatán as Pok Ta Pok, the Mesoamerican ball game is a ritual sport played since at least 1650 BC by pre-Columbian peoples across the Americas. In fact, Mesoamerican…
Continue readingThis magazine can’t have a section called “Who are the Maya” without mentioning one of their most characteristic features: the peninsular Maya language, or Maayat’aan. Maayat’aan has a history…
Continue readingNowadays, when we set off on an artistic project, we take for granted the wide palette of colors that modern chemistry and synthetic materials afford us, but this wasn’t always…
Continue readingWhen you think of death, you may not immediately think of beautiful trees or the lovely crystal-clear waters of Yucatán’s Cenotes. For the ancient Maya, however, the cycle of death,…
Continue readingHave you ever seen lights flickering through the grass on hot nights in Yucatán? They are fireflies, or as the Maya call them, Cocay; and there is a beautiful legend…
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