In absolute awe of Mayan art and literature as I read The Popol Vuh (the Christenson translation which was translated directly from Quiche Mayan, not Spanish) and I think that this is about to become a major inspiration for art and tattoos in the next few months
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“We wanted to...convey the point that Maya are living people, not something archaeological or from the past,” Chinchilla Mazariegos said. “These are living communities that still preserve aspects of the ancient religious beliefs depicted in the ancient objects presented in the exhibition.”
https://news.yale.edu/2022/11/22/lives-gods-met-exhibition-maya-art-guided-yale-scholarship