Music of Guatemala

ancient civilizations, the Mayas, the Incas, and the Aztecs. I will say a little about their geography, religion and achievements as well. The Mayas The Mayas are a Mesoamerican civilization; they lived in what today is known as southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, parts of Honduras, and El Salvador for thousands of years beginning…

involving around 11,300 people let alone just reported kidnappings. Danger comes from every direction. Many have made the trip before and know first hand how brutal it can be. Honduras has the world’s highest murder rate, El Salvador the fourth, Guatemala the fifth. Much of the violence within the countries are perpetrated by gangs, the Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, the most vicious gangs in the Americas. Gangs are forcibly recruiting young men to join or someone in their family gets…

the Lenca indigenous people. This is the present situation of Latin American countries; likewise, in the history of Latin American countries, there has been an injustice for the indigenous people of some Latin American countries such as in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Honduras. In the history of Mexico, the indigenous people were forced to assimilate with the rest of Mexicans by the government of Mexico and the government discourages indigenous language and culture. Furthermore, the indigenous…

Operation Blessing is a working farm and training center in Guatemala that teaches farmers a revolutionary way of sustainable, organic farming that can drastically change how they are feeding their families and communities. Farmers come to this center for 3 days and are housed, fed, and shown how to create their own…

In 1938 the Public Health Services in Guatemala published the Regulation of the Department of Sexual Prophylaxis and Venereal Disease, this manual provided policies that “open[ed] up horizons of moralizing and personal support” to regulate the “sexual problem” of commercial sex workers in Guatemala. This Public Health campaign ran parallel to the urbanization of Guatemala’s rural landscape during the 1930s and 1940s. Guatemala’s commercial sex workers were usually among the working class that…

What reasearch question(s) is/are the speaker trying to address ? The main purpose of Dr Zender is to better translate the Mayan inscriptions which will lead to a better understanding of the Mayan civilisation. So Dr Zender address many questions in order to complete his project, he especially works on the abbreviational convention of maya writing, because he realized that the Maya used lots of abbreviations. How did the Maya abbreviate their words ? Was there a common rule ? This is the…

The Mayan Civilization The ancient Mayan lived in the Yucatan around 2600 BC. Today this area is southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Brazil and western Honduras. By 250 AD, the ancient Maya were at their peak of power. The history of Mayan civilization is divided into 3 principal periods: The Preclassic (2000 BC-250 AD), Classic (250 AD – 950 AD) and Postclassic (950 AD – 1539 AD) periods. The preclassic period of Mayans extend from 2000 BC till 250 AD. In this era Mayans switched from their…

In contemporary Guatemala, many of those who identify as Mayan or have Mayan ancestry remain touched by the chaotic and bloody rule of General José Efraín Ríos Montt in the early 1980’s. His regime is noted to be the most violent in Guatemala’s already tumultuous history. The recent history of Guatemala included a relatively short democratic break, followed by multiple coups, dictatorships, and military-run governments. The cumulating rising tensions of the Mayan people equally endured the…

This story will be about the location, time periods, and capitals of the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas. Then I will compare and contrast the Economy, Religion, Social System, and Government. Then I will go over the end of each civilization, and its contributions. This is all about the Mayan, Aztec, and the Inca. The Mayan are very interesting and they were located in located in Mexico/ South America. They started to build buildings in Tikal,(which is a very important place for the…

classic period, and postclassic period. The total years they existed were from 2000 BC to 909 AD. That is a long time! Firstly, Maya people lived in a vast area; from northern Mexico down south into Central America. The location we now call Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras. This area is part of a tropical rainforest. Their largest city was known as Tikal. The official language they spoke was the Yucatec Maya language. Secondly, Maya architecture was very impressive for those…