we're here at the national park in Guatemala Quirigua which
is an ancient Mayan village 700 years after Christ...
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was Mayan site from late classic even was classic when the United Fruit Company they are starting
to grow in bananas plantation and this area they found different Mayan stone they had the news and
the governments and they are starting to looking for what happened here here we will see many
different carving stones every five years they need to build in one new carving stone one thing i've
noticed is these are in probably the best shape i've seen for Mayan carvings is this original it's
original the Mayan they are using the red color to cover the most important Mayan temple the color is
coming from some insects the name is cochineals and they cut on one part of the stomach they are
picking the red color it looks like a turtle to me it's because of the shade this one they
have snake face if they have open the mouse Mayan ruler is reborn each one square is representing
different events my own warrior is sit down here you can see the legs the knee as you can see the
body he is in this position he is visiting from another Mayan sites here they are using different
symbols to representing the dates and here for example it's like turtle but it has alligator skin
you can see is one leg but and here you can see different humans in different positions
like to fetal position they die and they put in this position they put the jade mask on here
and different stools on here and one big ceramic and here for example is a belt the belt is covered
all half it's representing in this case the Milky Way this one is a tooth and it's representing one
eye and this another one is representing with one Mayan is ... because one is more ... there we
call bolutas that is when they are ... small with human arms and legs body is light to shower
and this stone is coming to make ceremonies they put the light body on it and after they cut the
head where do they get the person football player the winner ruler for another like the prisoners
or another Mayan sites or younger people when they wanna be sacrificed would you do it no we
have different rulers the name was Chan Yopaat in English the means jade sky he made it a different
trophy for show the people when they receive different important visits or when did they
capture one ruler from another Mayan site here is different dates in the Mayan calendar one
ball is representing number one two balls is two three balls is three four balls is four one bar
is five two bars is ten and here for example we can see number thirteen three balls and two bars
in this case they are talking about one katun is one group of 400 years they are tell us the
history the ruler keep picking the powerful in that age the powerful is representing when he is
taking the arms in this position see that's why i sleep that way and here you can see it is almost
destroyer because this stone the beam lay down this position water and the sunshine they destroy
so this is really a calendar yes part of calendar the history of the visitor of the ruler from this
area the fights from another Mayan site and the visitor or another Mayan ruler that one is a from
775 after Christ yeah this one is five years of difference each one square areas is representing
different human eyes they have like two animals head because they ... different gods
in different animals the most important for them is jaguar monkey deer and a bird
we have another history here with different dates each one block on here they tell us different
histories in the big one you can see a ruler the ruler he has head decoration ears decoration
necklace decoration right here the next one up there yes you can see this one older guy
with another guy the another is it was a doctor but he has one snake biting to another one that
process is when the day is a sacrifice another one is the same guys but in the next events and
they are dancing and he is making like too funny the next one one of them is died not have head and
here you can see different events he was the ruler from Coban they had a little bit more powerful
from Quirigua the Mayan they was warrior they all time they've been fighting the fighting the was
until the proposed Motogua River because in that river they can take the control of all commercial
trades Chan Yopaat Quirigua ruler is going to kill and to rip the 18 rabbits and they captured them
they bring here they cut the heads and making this statue for show to another Mayan site and
here you can see on the same ruler and he has the visit from another ruler from another Mayan site
the ruler from Calakmul because we can see Mayans they have one ... representing each Mayan site
and here you can recognize who is ruler who is important people for example here you can see
the sandals they don't have any decoration in foods but and here they have sandals and they
have jade decorations here in the middle you can see they are using a belt the belt is with jade
sometimes they are using some skull a skull from monkeys or representing light to human skull oh
they can bring a jaguar skull on the top or in the back. Hey Wayne & April, how are you guys doing?
Hola Chelsea, how are you doing today? Estoy muy bien i'm doing really well. Are you excited for
your first destination Rio Dulce? Sounds like so much fun. I'm excited so you guys are going to be staying at Hacienda Tijax
hotel is really cool it's like the different little wooden bungalows and they're suspended
over the water so you feel like you're kind of in the jungle you've got the water there. Then Selvyn
and Carlos they're gonna take you on the boat the next day the boat will just pull up and grab
you the next morning when you're getting ready to start your whole day adventure on the lake
and the river. So first you're going to head inwards towards La Izabal and you're going
to visit Castillo San Felipe. And so this was actually a fortress that had been built at one
point to kind of protect the lake from pirates it's small honest compared to, I don't know if
you've been to some of the larger fortresses in like Puerto Rico or in Cuba, it's like a mini version.
Cool i've always wanted to rent it out to throw like a big party there. Muchas gracias, Chelsea!
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