chunhuhub 2
Published by Mayan Ancient Gods under on 14:34
The following interviews took place in Chunhuhub, a town near Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Quintana Roo. For the purpose of having a richier blog we asked our informants to answerr in Maya and then to repeat their answers in Spanish.
We asked people about how they felt about growing in a Maya-speaking family and have to deal with a Spanish-speaking society. We asked them about their experiences, about their religion and if they knew the cultural background that is behind the Mayan language. we asked them if they knew the role of the mayan gods in the ancient mayan religion. Some of them answerd us honestly, some of them were a little bit shy and these afected their answers and some of them prefered to talk about the way they lived as children and how the way of living has changed
This man relates the history of when he was a child and he had to go with his father to the fields to sow. He mentions that society has changed a lot since those times when roads weren't paved. He also mentioned that people from those days used to the able to say when it was going to rain just by knowing the month of the year or the day of each month.
(Here are three videos of this man, he starts speaking maya and then he translates)
It is sad to know that children who parents speak Maya, aren't able to talk in that language. The mayan language is getting lost in the community. Every time there is fewer people speaking the language. The only vestige of the Mayan language can be heard in the old houses were the elder live, or in the parks where thye elder use to get togheter to spent to some time sharing old stories. it is important to mention that they don't express themselves in Spanish when they talk, they only Speak in Maya among them.
This man arrived to Chunhuhub when the town was just a few houses made out of wood. He mentions that it was sad to see all the trees that he had seen grow be cut, and the place that those threes had became paved road.
when you talk to elder people being a teenager you get the idea of how ancient cultures or people are transformed by the traditions and trend that the city or new civilizations bring along with them. That is the case with these people, they lived their childhood very differently as how they live now. little by little the knowledge provided by those before them has been lost in time, remaining just traditions and beliefs from other cultures.
We asked people about how they felt about growing in a Maya-speaking family and have to deal with a Spanish-speaking society. We asked them about their experiences, about their religion and if they knew the cultural background that is behind the Mayan language. we asked them if they knew the role of the mayan gods in the ancient mayan religion. Some of them answerd us honestly, some of them were a little bit shy and these afected their answers and some of them prefered to talk about the way they lived as children and how the way of living has changed
This man relates the history of when he was a child and he had to go with his father to the fields to sow. He mentions that society has changed a lot since those times when roads weren't paved. He also mentioned that people from those days used to the able to say when it was going to rain just by knowing the month of the year or the day of each month.
(Here are three videos of this man, he starts speaking maya and then he translates)
It is sad to know that children who parents speak Maya, aren't able to talk in that language. The mayan language is getting lost in the community. Every time there is fewer people speaking the language. The only vestige of the Mayan language can be heard in the old houses were the elder live, or in the parks where thye elder use to get togheter to spent to some time sharing old stories. it is important to mention that they don't express themselves in Spanish when they talk, they only Speak in Maya among them.
This man arrived to Chunhuhub when the town was just a few houses made out of wood. He mentions that it was sad to see all the trees that he had seen grow be cut, and the place that those threes had became paved road.
when you talk to elder people being a teenager you get the idea of how ancient cultures or people are transformed by the traditions and trend that the city or new civilizations bring along with them. That is the case with these people, they lived their childhood very differently as how they live now. little by little the knowledge provided by those before them has been lost in time, remaining just traditions and beliefs from other cultures.
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