Balancing the World: Contemporary Maya ajq’ijab in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala - Couverture rigide

Fitjar, Daniel Croles

 
9783631654736: Balancing the World: Contemporary Maya ajq’ijab in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Synopsis

Balancing the World is a collection of material from interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality in Guatemala. Nine interviewees talk about the work of the ajq'ijab, or daykeepers. They explain how they cure and avert illness, perform divinations, communicate with the ancestors and do their part in balancing the world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Croles Fitjar studied religion at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at the University of Bergen (Norway) as well as US history and colonial history at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). His studies have focused on theories of religion, indigenous religions and eurocentrism within the study of religion and history. The author has also lived and worked in Quetzaltenango (Guatemala).

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