

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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Nov 19, 2021
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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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Oct 9, 2021
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Maderas sonoras, singular patrimonio centroamericano
Los paÃses 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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Jun 5, 2021
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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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May 1, 2021
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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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Apr 29, 2021
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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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Mar 26, 2020
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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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Aug 10, 2019
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¿TenÃan marimbas los mayas del perÃodo 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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Jul 20, 2019
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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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Mar 13, 2019
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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...
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Sep 27, 2018
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