La comunidad maya k'iche' de Santiago Momostenango
Subtitle: su historia, cultura, lengua y arte
By: editores Humberto Ak'abal y Robert Carmack
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: Editorial Maya' Wuj
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A
Language: spa
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9789929801868
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Social life and customs; Languages in contact; Quiché Indians; Quiché mythology; Rites and ceremonies
Description: Five articles on an historic indigenous Guatemalan village, compiled by the distinguished U.S. Mayan scholar and the famous indigenous poet, a native of Momostenango. The articles deal with history, Mayan priests, dance ceremonies, and multiculturalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Una historia breve de Momostenango / Robert Carmack; title: Los sacerdotes mayas / Barbara Tedlock; title: El baile de los monos en Momostenango / Garrett Cook y Thomas Offit; title: El uso de los dos idiomas español y K'iche' en Momostenango / Jinsook Choi; title: Chi ux'ol ri mayab-k'iche' xuquje ri kazlan tzij / Humberto Ak'abal.