Ch'ul awal ts'un ixim yu'um jme'tatik = Creencias de nuestros padres en la siembra del maíz /

A book of legends about the tremendous religious importance of corn to the Mayans. Tzotzil Indians considered corn a gift from the gods and cultivating it was a sacred duty. Twelve times a year, the people of Oxchuc effect the sacred corn planting done according to a very precise seasonal calendar,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sánchez Gómez, Armando
Corporate Author: Instituto Nacional Indigenista (Mexico)
Format: Book
Language:Mayan
Spanish
Published: [México, D.F.] : Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1998.
Series:Letras mayas contemporáneas. Tercera serie ; v. 7.
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Call Number: PM4461.Z77 S25 1998