YUCATEC MAYAN IN MEXICO

MIDDLE AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE YUCATAN PENNISULA LIVED IN EASTERN MEXICO. THEY RANGE FROM GROUPS HIGHLY CONSERVATIVE AND CIVILIZED TO GROUPS MODERNIZED. ABOUT 10% SPEAK ONLY MAYAN, 50% SPEAK OTHER DIALECTS. MANY PARTICIPATE IN THE HENEQUIN -FIBER INDUSTRY. MANY LIVE IN SPANISH STYLE TOWNS AND RAISE CORN, BEANS AN SQUASH. THEY USE SLASH AND BURN TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THEIR FIELDS FERTILITY. THEY USE DIGGING STICKS, HOES AND MACHETES.

THE TRADITIONAL MAYAN RELIGION IS A SOUTHEASTERN VARIANT OF MESOAMERICAN RELIGION. IT A A SYMBIOSIS. IT IS A SYMBIOSIS WITH ROMAN CATHOLIC. THEIR RELIGION HAS EXISTED FOR MORE THAN TWO MILLENIA. IT INTERACTS WITH VARIOUS MAYAN MOVEMENTS. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH OUTSIDERS (ANTHROPOLOGISTS) AND CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY.
KNOWLEDGE OF PRE SPANISH TIMES: 1) 3 SURVIVING AUTHENTIC HIEROGLYPHIC BOOKS DATING FROM POST CLASSIC PERIOD (900 AD TO...), PETROGRAPHIC TEXTS FROM 200 TO 900 A.D.
2) PRIMARY SOURCES FROM 16TH CENTURY; 3) SECONDARY SOURCES, SPANISH BOOKS FROM COLONIAL PERIOD; 4) ARCHAEOLOGY STUDIES ; 5) ANTHROPOLOGICAL REPORTS. MAYAN RELIGION IS A COMPLEX PRACTICE. THEY BELIEVE THAT SPECIAL MOUNTAINS, WELLS, AND CAVES ARE ASSIGNED TO ANCESTORS. MANY RITUALS TAKE PLACE NEAR THESE LANDMARKS. RITUALS WERE GOVERNED BY GEOGRAPHICAL LAYOUT, SHRINES, TEMPLES AND ALSO BY THE PROJECTION OF CALENDRICAL MODELS. THEY HAVE SHRINES IN MODELS. THERE WERE CALENDARS GOVERNING RITUALS.

PURIFICATION WAS IMPORTANT IN PRE SPANISH PAST. THEY FASTED, ABSTAINED FROM SEX, CONFESSED THEIR WRONGS. PRAYERS ACCOMPANIED THE OFFERING OF ANIMAL SACRICES. THEY HAD RAIN MAKING RITUALS. THEY HAD CLAIMS ON TERRITORY BY SOCIAL GROUPS.

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