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Recovering the Maya Constellations in the Highlands of Guatemala
Research Notes of the AAS Pub Date : 2021-04-16 , DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/abf434
Tepeu Poz Salanic (K’iche’ Maya)

For many generations, the Maya people of the highlands of Guatemala have been engaged in continual knowledge creation emerging from a deep and sustained relationship with the Earth and the sky. Maya elders and youth who are Calendar Keepers, or Ajq’ijab’ in the K’iche’ Mayan language, curate calendars with roots in pre-colonial times. The pressures of colonial invasion, civil war, and globalization have eroded the oral tradition and ancestral memory in the community, causing the loss of invaluable cultural information. Today, certain sectors of Maya youth are engaged in cultural revitalization and the recovery of ancestral astronomical knowledge. Our elders are extremely important for strengthening the oral tradition and the historical, scientific, and cultural understandings of the night sky. I describe a project of recovery of the Maya constellations, ancestral observation sites, and measurement techniques in the Guatemala highlands.



中文翻译:

恢复危地马拉高地的玛雅星座

几代人以来,危地马拉高地的玛雅人一直致力于不断创造知识,这源于与地球和天空的深厚而持久的关系。作为日历守护者的玛雅长者和青年,或 K'iche' 玛雅语中的 Ajq'ijab',策划了根植于前殖民时代的日历。殖民入侵、内战和全球化的压力侵蚀了社区的口头传统和祖传记忆,导致宝贵的文化信息流失。今天,玛雅青年的某些部门正在从事文化复兴和祖传天文知识的恢复。我们的长辈对于加强口头传统以及对夜空的历史、科学和文化的理解极为重要。

更新日期:2021-04-16
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