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These pencil sketches belong to a #manuscript written by a parish priest of Nebaj, a home to the Ixil, a Maya people indigenous to Guatemala. The contents of this work are a treasure of notes on Ixil grammar and vocabulary, as well as religious information including parallel translations in Ixil and Spanish of the marriage ceremony and the sacrament of confession. The decorative drawings of a man and a plant shown here are a lovely bonus. *** Doctrina y confesionario en lengua ixil, Nebaj, Guatemala, 1824 Ms coll 700 Item 91 http://ow.ly/bNXp30dlJp1 facsimile: http://ow.ly/G8jd30dlJra Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection *** #kislakcenter #pennlibraries #manuscripts #manuscriptmonday #mayapeople #indigenous #indigenouspeople #indigenouspeoples #grammar #vocabulary #linguistics #pencilsketch #pencilsketches #drawing #guatemalanhistory #berendtbrintonlinguisticcollection #mesoamerica

Alux is the name given to a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala, also called Chanekeh or Chaneque by the Nahuatl people. #alux #sprite #mythologicaltradition #mayapeople #yucatanpeninsula #guatemala #chanekeh #chaneque #nahuatl #cozumelmexico (at Cozumel, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B215F-ahLlp/?igshid=1vmzppmj5htlh

Photographer Miquel Dewever-Plana beautifully captures the emotional years of Guatemala's trial of genocide. The work represents the Maya people who, through their testimonies, have helped forensic anthropologists to uncover the truth about Guatemala's darkest years.