Dear reader,

For this auspicious date, 4 Ajaw 3 K’ank’in (13.0.0.0.0), it is appropriate to publish a Maya point of view. The following is a partial translation into English of a Maya manifesto by the Guatemalan group known as the Collective for the Revitalization of Maya Science.

Here appears the title page, followed by a page of participating organizations, and then the English translation. To download the original manifesto in Spanish, click here.

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Oxlajuj B’ak’tun
The Change of the Cycle and its Significance from the Maya Point of View
by
Collective for the Revitalization of Maya Science

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Dear readers,

Our long-time colleague Ajpub’ Pablo García Ixmatá has given us a report on his activities since returning from the congreso in Valladolid. Workshop themes have been Epigraphy for Beginners, Maya Calendars, and the topic Thirteen Bak’tun.

Participants have included:

• 100 men and women Maya leaders in Chichicastenango, El Quiché.
• 150 community and village leaders from Cunen, El Quiché.
• 20 columnists from the written press.
• 20 columnists from TV Maya.
• 125 Tz’utijiil leaders including Ajq’ijab and Iyomab’.
• 1500 teachers of the Teachers’ Union of the Department of Sololá.
• 1300 Kaqchikel, Tz’utujiil and Spanish–speaking students from the school district of San Lucas Tolimán.
• 40 students from the INGEP, University Rafael Landivar.
• 60 students from the EDP course at the University Rafael Landivar.
• 70 men and women community leaders from Zacualpa, Quiché.

Sample photos:

Quiché diocese, held in Chichicastenango.

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