Mayans as Story TellersBy: Borna Nazari

Mayan Music

Musicians playing for women

Follow casket of important women

Slip instruments in casket before sealed

Mayan Instruments Maracas, Drums

Flutes consisted of bone Made of bamboo, wood

FlutesMarimbaTerracotta whistle

Mayan Dance Sacred ritual

Kings, Nobles dressed like Jaguars

Put in trance

Higher level of conscience

Mayan Dance (Continued) Go to underworld

Release souls

Bridge between Earth and Underworld called Xibalba

Mayan Language Spoken in Central America, Mesoamerica

K’iche’ language (2,333,000 speak in Guatemala)

7% of Guatemala’s population speak

Quiz1) What were the Mayan flutes made out of?

2) What was the Mayan bridge to the underworld called?

3) Where was Mayan language spoken at?

4) What did the Kings and Nobles dress like in the Mayan dance?

5) How many people speak the K'iche Language?

6) Who did the Mayan Musicians follow the casket of?

Credits Google Images

http://www.mayantravelguide.com/mayan-dance.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_dance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_languages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%99iche%E2%80%99_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27iche%27_Kingdom_of_Q%27umarkaj

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