GUATEMALA CULTURE

GUATEMALA LANDS OF FORESTS THAT MEANS LAND OF FORESTS MAYAN DIALECTS SPOKE3N BY PEOPLE IN 1523. THE ANCIENT PEOPLE SPEAK A DIALECT AND THEY PREFER IN 1523.  THE ANCIENT PEOPLE SPEAK A DIALECT AND THEY PREFERRED  THEMSELVES BY THEIR NAME.

PERSONS OF MIXED OR NON INDIGENOUS RACE MAY BE CALLED LADINO.  THEY COMPRISE A GOOD NUMBER OF GUATEMALAN CLANS.  MAYAN CUISINE IS CORN, CHILIS, AND BEANS  THEY ALSO EAT ENCHILADAS., NOT LIKE THOSE IN ENCHILADAS. NOT LIKE THOSE IN MEXICO.  THEY EAT FOODS ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK.  THEY MAKE CORN ON CERTAIN MASS IS A NON SWEET CORN.  THE ANCIENT MAYA LASTED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE COLLAPSING.THEIR NATIONAL INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA PLAYED EVERYWHERE .  THE GARFINA PEOPLE OF CARIBBEAN DESCENTS ARE SPREAD  ON THE NORTHEAST COAST.  THE GARIFINA OF CARIBBEAN DECENT ARE SPREAD ON THE NORTHEAST COAST..  THEY PLAY FOLK MUSIC.

THEY HAVE A CENTURY OLD TRADITION OF ART AND MUSIC  IS REVIVED.   MAYANS WEAVE YAM BASED TEXTILES THAT ARE WOVEN INTO MANY TYPES OF CLORTHES.  ROMAN CATHOLICS ARE COMBINED INTO THE INDIGENOUS RELIGION.  THE MAJORITY ARE OF PENTECOSTALISM.  BY 1960 THEY HAD A CIVIL WAR THAT PITTED THE WEALTHIER LADINOS AGAINST  MAYANS OF 36 YEARS  OF WAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN HEALING SINCE THAT TIME.  THEIR HOMES ARE MADE OF SUN DRIED BRICKS AND CORRUGATED TILES.  THEY MAY STRETCH OUT ALONG A PATH AS THEY MAKE BRICKS.  SPANISH CONQUERORS CAME INTO THE HIGHLANDS DESPITE THE JOURNEY FROM THE COAST.  THEY MADE LARGE PLANTATIONS OF BANANAS, COFFEE, CARDAMON, AND EXPORTS.

MANY INDIANS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND THOSE IN THE REMOTE AREAS SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE.  THEY EAT MUCH LIKE MEXICANS.  UNTIL RECENTLY THEY USED TO HAVE SIESTAS. THE WOMAN HAVE DELICATE EMBROIDERY AND ARE TRADED SINCE PRECOLONIAL TIMES.  THEY MAKE SILVER, JEWELRY AND HAND BLOWN GLASS.  THEY GROW DIFFERENT CROPS.  MEN KNIT  WOOL BAGS  AND SWEATERS AND DO HANDICRAFTS. RURAL FOLKS OFTEN ENGAGE IN AGRICULTURE THEY CONCENTRATE IN DOMESTIC WORK.  SOME MARRIAGES ARE ARRANGED.  THE WOMEN CARRY THEIR BABIES AND OLDER CHILDREN CARE FOR THEIR BAQBIES.


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