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The Tz’ite’
B’alam was pretty excited to go with his grandfather to the mountain. They left very early in the morning,…
The Wayeb
For 5,000 years the Maya have simultaneously used 20 different calendars for various purposes: agricultural, sacred, and predictions,…
2012
Ixkotzij (flower woman) and her sister went with their mother to visit their grandfather, Kawoq. They visited him…
The Perfect Complement
In order to keep the long-standing tradition, Ixkab’ (woman of honey) finishes the third and final cloth used…
A Call from the Mayan Elders To the Human Race – 2005
“The light is within us; let us work for our destiny-our destiny to better the human race. Let…
Let’s Be Humans Again
“We sell ourselves to be able to buy that which doesn’t serve us, and when what we really…
Open Letter to Children of the North
From the depths of the Andes, From the heart of the Quechua, Aymara, Amazonian nation of Peru, I…
From the Life of an Ajq’ij
Mayan Ajq’ij Carlos Barrios talks with Joshua Samuelson about his first contact with the Mayan tradition, the meaning…
Manuel Pan Ju Lux – Young Mayan Ajq’ij
Manuel Pan Ju Lux is a Mayan Ajq’ij, or priest that comes from the village of Chichicastenango in…
Chichi Stories
This is a story dictated to Saq’ Be’ directly from Mayan Ajq’ij Manuel Pan Ju Lux concerning the…