Culture of Guatemala

figure with short red hair and the same beautiful tan skin. Also the three-month old is now twenty-one with a husband and children of her own. She is my older sister that made the crazy journey of coming to the United States with my mom. Back in Guatemala she and her family struggled a lot. My mom had to help her mother out a lot with chores, cooking, and running errands. She was in the third grade when things started getting difficult for her family. Her parents couldn’t afford to have her…

Guatemala is a central American country south of Mexico. It is home to volcanoes, rainforest, and ancient Mayan sites. More than half of Guatemala’s population lives in rural areas. Many who live in these areas have low access to household items. Families that live there face barrier problem to get access to health care. Although Guatemala have many health specialist in their cities, most Guatemalans lack money and access to healthcare therefore facing a major health crisis. The health crisis…

group is a group of indigenous people from Mesoamerica. They inhabit Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras. The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region that share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term embraces many distinct populations, societies, and ethnic groups that each have their own particular traditions, cultures, and historical…

Astou sow Diversity The culture in Guatemala between gender is very diverse. The cultural aspects of the Maya women have differed from when they live in the US. I am going to be talking about the different lifestyle between Guatemalan women in the US and back home. The women 's task changes in various ways because of the American way of life, food, technology and education all of these things affects immigrant Maya women. The undocumented immigrant women have a harder time having freedom in…

country seemed frightening on March 19, 2014. The trip was a trip to a foreign land, and an atmosphere full of people and culture my eyes have not once made contact with. I was extremely excited to take such a journey, yet I had never felt such a pounding fear of the unknown strangle my thoughts,such as the one the day I boarded my flight. I traveled to Chiquimula, Guatemala for a mission trip along with my father and many friends from church. I originally thought was going on a trip for me to…

Rafael Carrera formed the Republic of Guatemala. However, this was quickly shrouded by militant dictators that elected themselves into office through undemocratic means. Since 1839, Guatemala has seen multiple coup d’états, with very few democratically elected presidents taking office during this time. Additionally, United States intervention in Central America was seen in the 1920’s. During this time, the U.S was thought to help in various coups, including in Guatemala, due to growing communist…

Mayan culture blended with the native culture in the United States. There isn’t a complete language found from the Maya but there are certain words that were incorporated into the language, especially words that have to do with trade goods. For example E-tula and Etalwa both mean…

ancient civilization. Though we may not know all of the answers to different cultures in History, many artifacts from many different cultures were left behind to try to tell a story or leave a message for our society today. As I studied the history of the Mayan civilization, it was interesting to learn what they left behind to be recognized today. They were a group of Indian people that had a great history behind their culture. Throughout their civilization, they endured many struggles, from…

Four American men are going to a rural area in Guatemala for the summer living off one dollar a day. They’re motivated to take this challenge because 1.1 billion people around the world live off one dollar a day. Guatemala goes through severe poverty. Workers in Guatemala never know when they’ll get paid, while the kids in Guatemala can’t go to school because they work to provide more money for their family. If you lose everything you have here, you have nothing. Americans however, live off 109…

The Mayan civilization is among one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The Mayans have covered a large area of eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Much of what we currently know about the Pre-Historic Maya has come from excavation in these countries and of the few books that survived, the Spanish conquistadors. These Books are The Madrid, Dresden, Paris and Grolier codices are named after the city which they currently resided in. Then there is the Chiliam Balam…