Our Teaching the Wisdom of our Elders Preschool is based on Mam culture and language.  Children are taught to read and write in Mam (as well as Spanish, of course). As we started the school we discovered that there are virtually no books written in the Mam language! With the help of a grant from National Geographic’s Genographic Legacy program and enormous support from Raxche Rodgriguez and his Editorial Maya’ Wuj we have now published a total of three beautiful books in Mam.

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The books are based on the Maya Mam culture and cosmovision.

Floridalma Mencho’s book emphasizes the connection between the specific animals of the energies using photographs.

Ely Lopez's book emphasizes the message behind those animals. Ely’s book was beautifully illustrated by the author!

Lourdes Vail's book shares riddles based on cultural symbols.

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