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Category: Mayan Calendar (Cholq’ij)

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NOTE: SAQ’ BE’ IS NOT CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTING CHOLQ’IJ CALENDARS. THIS IS HERE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.

As many of you know, every year Saq’ Be’ travels to the community in Chichicastenango, Guatemala to pick up the traditional Mayan Cholq’ij calendars they produce. We return with them and make them available for sale, returning the profits to the community to support their continued efforts to keep the traditional ways alive. Unfortunately, we do not know when we will be able to return this year and are thus uncertain as to when the 2005 calendars will become available. As a way of compensating for our lack of hard copy calendars, we are making available the same Cholq’ij/ Gregorian overlay on our website, which can be viewed on the front page. We have also made available information on the meaning of the Nawales (glyphs) and numbers presented. Click “read more” to view additional infromation on this calendar. We ask you to please consider supporting Saq’ Be’, a nonprofit organization, by making a tax-exempt donation to assist with our continued efforts for the rescue, preservation and appropriate sharing of these living ancient peoples, traditions and cultures.

Pink
Pink is the color for little girls. This color helps to fix feelings that have to do with…
Yellow
Yellow is the color of the South; it is the energy of life, used for health, protection and…
White
White is the color of the North and is the color for purification relating directly to the mind,…
Black
Black is the color of the West and serves to cut all negative energy as it the color…
Red
Color of the East, red is used for energy, love and to take sadness away. It is used…
Nawal Tz'i'
TZ’I’
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLYPH The glyph signifies the cane or staff that the Indigenous authority use; it is also…
Nawal Toj
TOJ
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLYPH The glyph represents a wheel with its axle. It also represents grandfather sun with his…
Nawal Q'anil
Q’ANIL
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLYPH The glyph represents a perforation upon the earth with the Tixjob, that is used to…
Nawal Kiej
KIEJ
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLYPH The glyph represents a closed hand with opposing fingers; closing off a circuit of energies…
Nawal Keme
KAME
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLYPH The glyph signifies death and it is represented by the closed eyes and the closed…