Rigoberta Menchu

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How is education earned?

Education is earned through experience and practice only - participation in agriculture and cultural ceremonies

What was Guatemala with regard to the Mayan kingdom?

Guatemala was the centre of the Mayan kingdom

Who are the Mayans?

Mayans are an indigenous group - probably the largest in Latin America

What do Mayans may have to do?

Mayans may have to go to mass or pray the rosary, but their traditional beliefs have more power

Where was Rigoberta raised?

Quiche branch of the Mayan culture

What is the main difference between the Mayans and the Ladinos?

The Catholicism that is imposed on the Mayans and the traditional religious views of the Mayans

What is the nahual?

animal parallel that each person is born with; corresponds to birth day, corresponding personality traits

Overview of Mayan community traditions and ways of life:

family, birth ceremonies,

el nino tiene que ser de la comunidad y no solo de la madre

importance of the child and passing down history orally, parents to children - way of preserving tradition

How is it considered for Mayans to do things according to Western/Ladino ways

impossible and disrepectful


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