Mayan
For the Maya, solar eclipses were a sign of heavenly clashes − and their astronomers kept sophisticated records to predict them
By Kimberly H. Breuer — April 3, 2024
(The Conversation) — The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s cycles of rebirth.
Latino communities across the US celebrate the tradition of the posadas
By Emily Neil — December 22, 2022
(RNS) — For the nine nights before Christmas, Mexican and Guatemalan Catholics gather to reenact the journey at the heart of the Christmas story, and their own lives.
California to delete Mayan, Ifá affirmations from ethnic studies to settle lawsuit
By Alejandra Molina — January 20, 2022
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — By deleting the affirmations, state officials say they are affirming their ‘long-standing commitment to ensuring appropriate treatment of religion in a secular public education context.’
Pope courts indigenous Mexicans as Catholic fervor fades
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The pope, at a Mass in Chiapas, quoted a sacred Mayan text and drew comparisons between Catholic and indigenous values.
Mayans unfazed about the end of the world
By David Agren — December 20, 2012
(RNS) Folks seeking spiritual experiences are pouring into the Yucatan Peninsula for the end of the centuries-long Mayan calendar that some believe predicted the end of the world Friday. The Mayan people here appear to be bemused. By David Agren / USA Today.
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