thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 6月26日 09時00分

Naj Tunich, Guatemala photo by @salvarezphoto | It was a strange experience. We had been working all day in the Maya Art Cave of Naj Tunich recording the stunning Maya paintings inside (see @ancientartarchive for photos of the art). Returning to our parked pick up truck at dusk we were immediately surrounded by the Maya men from La Compuerta, the nearest community. They wanted to know who we were and what we were doing inside their cave. Through a combination of Spanish and K’iche’ we explained the National Geographic story I was working on about Maya cave use. As we talked the circle tightened in an intimidating way. Did they want us showing the world their art? There was movement in the crowd and a paper bag was passed through the group of men. On it was a list of things, things I should bring when I returned for a harvest ceremony in the following month. I had not heard of this ceremony, had no plans to return but that list was an invitation of sorts to a closed Maya cave ceremony. I asked the leader of the group why they had invited me back, why would they let me into a very private service. His answer was that they wanted their ceremonies and beliefs recorded. He said that if National Geographic recorded the story it would live beyond them. Follow @salvarezphoto for more #maya #Guatemala

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