Efrain Figueroa Lemus
Nov 19, 2021
Aires jazzeros en los palacios mayas
El sonido de trompetas al frente de séquitos reales mayas anunciaba su inminente partida a tierras lejanas o su arribo a una ciudad o...
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Oct 9, 2021
Jazzy Trumpets of the Ancient Maya
THEY BLARED AHEAD of royal entourages, announcing their impending departure to far-away lands or heralding their arrival into a city or...
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Jun 5, 2021
Maderas sonoras, singular patrimonio centroamericano
Los países del ámbito mesoamericano son muy afortunados de contar con toda la gama de tipos de madera para la construcción de marimbas y...
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May 1, 2021
Searching for the Sounds of the Ancient Maya
Replica of thistle-shaped Maya drum Sitting in a row inside a narrow palace chamber, somewhere in what is today the Petén lowlands of...
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Apr 29, 2021
Recreating the Maya sound/Recreando el sonido maya
To appreciate the acoustic effects produced by the thistle-shaped Mayan drum, we have made replicas with dimensions close to those...
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Mar 26, 2020
Cuando cayó la oscuridad/When darkness fell
Cuando cayó la oscuridad hace exactamente 500 años/When darkness fell exactly 500 years ago
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Aug 10, 2019
Wood, the Essential Element in the Mesoamerican Marimba
For centuries wood has been the essential, irreplaceable material in the construction of guitars, violins, harps, pianos, marimbas,...
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Jul 20, 2019
¿Tenían marimbas los mayas del período clásico?
En más de una ocasión hemos tratado de aportar evidencia en Mesoamérica, y ciertamente en Guatemala, que la marimba tuvo algún precedente...
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Mar 13, 2019
Of avocados and Central America's biodiversity heritage
In recognition and appreciation of the great contribution of Antigua and all of Guatemala to the development of the avocado industry in Cali
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Sep 27, 2018
Adventurers of Immortality.
Holding up a lit torch made of dry branches, a teenage girl, covered with patches of deer skin, helps her companion, a young boy of about...
