We spent the day with Pastor Raimon The Canadian director And Rodrigo Tello the accountant for Verbo ...we went to see the Mayan ruins ...in that region more than 90 % are from aboriginal Mayan roots ....this was at one of the earliest known settlements in Guatemala ! The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term Maya is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term embraces many distinct populations, societies, and ethnic groups, who each have their own particular traditions, cultures, and historical identity. There are an estimated 6 million Maya living in this area at the start of the 21st century.[1] Maya of Guatemala, southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, El Salvador, and western Honduras have managed to maintain substantial remnants of their ancient cultural heritage. Some are quite integrated into the majority hispanicized Mestizo cultures of the nations in which they reside, while others continue a more traditional culturally distinct life, often speaking one of the Maya languages as a primary language. The largest populations of contemporary Maya inhabit Guatemala, Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador, as well as large segments of population within the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:13:43 +0000
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