Maya

— from BSmaurer

This Maya boy is part of a Maya band, consisting of a marimba, various rattles, and horns made from sea shells. Very traditional music, as are his clothes.

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— from kirbyfest

Embracing Couple, 700-900 AD, Ceramic, pigment. Maya culture, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Detroit Institute of Arts, December, 2007.

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— from warmtofu

Maya women in Guatemala wear the most amazing handmade blouses (huipils).

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— from ali eminov

This is a typical roadside market where the Maya sell their crafts. Very colorful, and fun!

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— from Lake Atitlan

This is the cofradia in Santiago Atitlan, on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America. The “cofradia” is a “council of elders” invented by the Spanish, and whole-heartedly adopted by the Maya.

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— from hopefulist

This tzutinil Maya man is from San Pedro La Laguna, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America. The Tzutinil Maya dominate the south shore of Lake Atitlan, from San Lucas, Santiago Atitlan, and San Pedro (map).

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— from rachelgrace@sbcglobal.n et

This Maya prayer site is covered with burnt hot sauce and liquor bottles, incense, corn husks, burnt sugar, and soot. The whole area smoldered. San Andrés Xecul, Totonicapán, Guatemala, Central America.

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— from majunznk

This is the market in San Lucas Toliman, on Lake Atitlan, Guatemlaa, in Central America, as it was in 1977. San Lucas is a Tzutinil Maya town on the souteast shore of Lake Atitlan.

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— from jokerswildnyc

This Mayan woman posed for me while waiting for the bus in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala in Central America. Beautiful clothes!

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— from Jedd and Janelle

This Mayan woman shows the incredible hand-woven fabric that so many Maya people make. The colors are amazing.

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