Guatemala: Living Mayan Culture
"The earth is the root and the source of our culture. She keeps our memories, she receives our ancestors and she therefore demands that we honour her and return to her, with tenderness and respect, those goods that she gives us."
—Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemalan Nobel LaureateLearning
This region of Guatemala is the base for many innovative non-profit organizations working with indigenous people in rural communities to help them cope with globalization. We will meet a women’s cooperative that is growing cash crops to generate income for their families and artisans’ groups that use art and weaving as a way of preserving the culture. You will interact with local leaders to learn more about how they are preserving their culture in the face of globalization.
