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La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)

La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)

Description: This animated video presents the K’iche’ (or Quiché) Maya myth of the creation of human beings, drawn from the Popol Vuh, the foundational text of K’iche’ Maya cosmology. In this account, the gods attempt several times to create...
El Mito del Dios Maíz

El Mito del Dios Maíz

Description: This documentary tells the story of the birth, death, and triumphant resurrection of the maize god, the oldest deity on the American continent. The myth embodies the values of agrarian communities and has shaped their labor and ritual practices over...
La energía de los pueblos

La energía de los pueblos

By La Sandía DigitalDescription: In Mexico and Guatemala, energy production is carried out at the expense of communities through privatization, the dispossession of natural resources, and the violent imposition of power plants designed to meet a growing industrial...