2 Ajaw 13 Kej. Drawing by Jorge Pérez de Lara.

Dear Reader,

This month we are presenting a video interview instead of our usual blog entry. John Daigle, who produces the web site http://mayaglypher.com interviewed me at the recent Maya at the Playa Meetings in Palm Coast, Florida. The interview outlines our history and our future trajectory up to the point of our dissolution in 2016.

I apologize to our Spanish-speaking colleagues that this blog is only in English, but it may be worth playing the video to see the pictures. Next month we will return to our bi-lingual format.

Bruce Love, President
MAM

8 Ajaw 13 Zak. Drawing by Jorge Pérez de Lara.

During three days (October 1-3 or 3 Muluk-5 Chuwen) an introductory workshop of Maya epigraphy took place for Mopan Maya in San Luis, Petén. Mopanes arrived from Petén and Belize, as well as some Q’eqchi’ speakers, altogether more than 35 participants.

The workshop was inspired by one of the groups of participants at the 2^nd International Congress of Maya Epigraphers. The Mopan Mayas that attended the congress, led by the president of the Mopan Linguistic Community, Otoniel Caal, assumed the responsibility of spreading knowledge of Maya epigraphy among his colleagues from Petén and Belize. He made contact with one of the groups of teachers from the congress, the Sak Chuwen Group.

Otoniel Caal, president of the Mopan Linguistic Community, promoted the workshop in San Luis.

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