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The traditional Maya or Mayan
religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and
the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán states of Mexico is
part of the wider frame of Mesoamerican religion. Traditional Maya religion has
already existed for more than two and a half millennia as a recognizably
distinct phenomenon.
The most important source on traditional Maya religion is the Mayas
themselves: The incumbents of positions within the religious hierarchy,
diviners, and tellers of tales. More generally, all those persons who shared
their knowledge with outsiders in the past, as well as anthropologists and
historians who studied them and continue to do so.
Traditional Maya religion, though also representing a belief system, is often
referred to as costumbre. To a large extent, Maya religion is indeed a
complex of ritual practices; and it is, therefore, fitting that the indigenous
Yucatec village priest is simply called jmen; "practitioner".
My Icon: A traditional mask, carved in bone. |