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Ethnographic and ethnohistoric data shows that Late Classic Maya feasts were segmented into two corresponding parts: a private religious part and then a public festival. [2] The private religious section was focused on gods, family, and ancestor worship while the public festival was often political or social. [2]
Many Maya families were split up because the males of the household would move to America and remit money back home to Guatemala. The number of Maya migrants rapidly increased until the 21st century. However, during the war, Maya migration spiked because the conditions became too much for the families of already emigrated immigrants.
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the ... The 18 months had festivals, ... in E.P. Benson ed., Death and the Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America ...
The Icaro Festival is the most important international film festival in Central America and the Caribbean. Cuisine ... Mayan rain god Chaac representation at the ...
Rabin Ajaw also known as Rabin Ajau or Rab'in Ajaw, is an annual indigenous Mayan festival held in the Verapaces area of Guatemala, with the focus being in the city of Cobán. It is celebrated on the last Saturday of July. It is considered the largest and most important Mayan festival. [1]
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Maya armies of the Contact period were highly disciplined, and warriors participated in regular training exercises and drills; every able-bodied adult male was available for military service. Maya states did not maintain standing armies; warriors were mustered by local officials who reported back to appointed warleaders.