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 Lone
cayucero fisherman braving the Xocomil winds on the
mile-deep Lake Atitlán. [Ed. Note: Although cayucos are no longer used for transportation
across the lake, the men and boys of the towns around Lake Atitlán still use
cayucos for
fishing. One of the two deaf sons of artist Lorenzo Gonzales Chavajay uses cayucos in an
unusual way. Rather than using a net or line, he jumps into the lake and catches the fish
underwater with his bare hands.] |
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 Great Great Grandfather
tree of the Tz'utuhil, growing at about 2800 meters near the summit of Volcan San Pedro.
At almost twenty feet in diameter it is certainly one of the oldest, broadest and tallest
tropical hardwoods in the area and perhaps all Guatemala. |
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Xocomil storm blowing in over Lake Atitlán in
the late afternoon, with a rainbow forming on the right side. |
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 The Maya farmers of San
Juan La Laguna tending their onion fields growing in the highly fertile black volcanic
soil. Volcan Toliman looms high in the distance. |
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| From the village of San Pablo,
across a narrow stretch of Lake Atitlán, the town of San Pedro perched at the bottom of the
ancient Volcan San Pedro looks like a tiny village. |
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 The lakeside road near
the Maya Cakchiquel village of San Marcos La Laguna sometimes seems impassible, but the
local Mayans driving with determination and intestinal-fortitude still manage to traverse
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 The Quiche &
Cakchiquel-speaking Maya of Tzununa' village vanish into their homes when the rare visitor
to this remote lakeside village arrives. Here, two children braid wrist-bands. |
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