9 Ajaw 3 Pax. Drawing by Jorge Pérez de Lara.
Writing Our Names in the Earth:
Workshop on Ancient Maya Writing in Cubulco, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Today is 9 Ajaw, and it has now been exactly one Tzolk’in since the Tercer Congreso International de Escritura Jeroglífica Maya, and this month, we are publishing the report from a workshop led by Mateo Ajualip Rodriguez in the Achí community of Cubulco, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. To conclude his workshop, Mateo had his thirty participants carve their names into clay using the Maya script.
I would also like to take this occasion to thank all of those who donated in our holiday fund drive, and to announce that we will once again be accepting applications for mini-grants on March 1st!
We look forward to funding more workshops like this one, which bring together Maya people from multiple communities to learn and study the writing of their ancestors. We also appreciate Mateo’s insights and recommendations for the future as we work together towards our shared goals.
Maltiox,
Michael J. Grofe, President
Maya Epigraphy Workshop Report
September 22, 2016
Cubulco, Baja Verapaz
Mateo Ajualip Rodríguez
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