Valladolid workshop with Crisanto and Patricia
by Bruce Love
In May, 2010, I gave a workshop in Valladolid, Yucatán, at the invitation of FoM colleague Crisanto Kumul. Attending were “high school” students from Crisanto’s home town of Siisbicch’en and university students from UNO (Universidad del Oriente), all speakers of Mayat’aan (Yucateco). The setting was perfect, in an old converted hacienda on the northern outskirts of town. FoM colleague Patricia Martínez Huchim from nearby Tizimin assisted.
- The workbook gave an introduction to the Maya calendar and the Maya Codices. When I called for a break the students would not leave their seats. Instead they used the opportunity to really get into it with the other students.
Valladolid taller con Crisanto y Patricia
por Bruce Love
En el mes de Mayo del 2010, conduje un seminario en Valladolid, Yucatán, por invitación del colega miembro de FoM Crisanto Kumul. Participaron estudiantes de secundaria del pueblo Siisbicche’en en donde vive Crisanto y estudiantes universitarios de la UNO( Universidad del Oriente) todos maya parlantes de Mayat’aan (yucateco). El escenario fue perfecto, localizado en una antigua hacienda en las orillas del norte de la ciudad. Patricia Martínez Huchim, otra colega del FoM originaria de Tizimin, participó también.
- Here the assignment is to find the distance numbers in the Yaxchilan hieroglyphic stairway One of Crisanto’s students, María de los Angeles Couo Uc, demonstrated a set of calendar wheels she had invented which she could use to recreate any Calendar Round date by adjusting the Haab and Tsolk’in names and numbers.
- During one of the breaks, Patricia shared Maya calendars from Guatemala. She brought these from the PLFM weekend that we had in Antigua in March of the same year. One of the greatest satisfactions of our work is witnessing the interchange between Maya groups that may not otherwise get a chance to connect.
- Durante los recesos, Patricia compartió los calendarios de Guatemala. Ella los trajo del fin de semana en PLFM que tuvimos en Antigua en Marzo del mismo año. Una de las satisfacciones mas gratas de nuestro trabajo es el intercambio entre los grupos Mayas, que de otra forma, no tienen la oportunidad de conectarse.