Preserving the Culture
Sna Jtz'ibajom's programs and plays: A
renaissance
of Maya history, traditions, and political identity.
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The first modern Maya travelers to the United States saw amazing things: pizza, escalators, subway trains, Pueblo Indian dances, inner city ghettoes. They watched the assassination of President Kennedy on TV, participated in the March on the Pentagon. The “other side” was a strange and terrifying place. Antzelmo Péres and Romin Teratol spent the rest of their lives recording the history, language, and customs of their people, so that their children and grandchildren would not forget what it was to be Maya. |
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In 1983, Antzelmo Péres, Maryan Kalixto, and Romin Teratol’s oldest son, Xun (“Shoon”), co-founded Sna Jtz’ibajom, the House of the Writer. This cooperative is dedicated to giving the Maya a new voice, on the stage, on radio, and on paper. |  |
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Play Tzotzil
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In Tzotzil and Tzeltal, two of the thirty living Maya languages, they tell the world that ancient traditions are flourishing in the 21st century. |
Play Tzeltal
"Men and women, |
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