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IN THE SORROUNDINGS OF THE XELAJUJNOJ (place of the ten knowledges, Quetzaltenango), there is a circular lagoon which had before been the eye of a volcano. It is on Maya Mam territory. Even today it is an instrument for visions (ilbal in Maya k’iche’), gateway between worlds, place of pilgrimage for the ajq’ij (the shamans knowledgeable of the cholq’ij – lunar calendar of 260 days- and of the mysteries of fire). The people from the region say that Chikab’al has gone hidden herself, that a long time ago he used to rest in what is today the village of Chile Verde. The waters there are sacred; nobody bathes in them. Their nawaleskan (the serpent) and I’x (the jaguar) protect them with a veil of fog.
In this the fifth sneak-peek from our INDIGENOUS MESSAGE ON WATER, precisely on this the day of…
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Jaime Román Brenes Reyes 