The indigenous peoples of Guatemala have kept their culture through 500 years of colonization, brutal repression, and, most recently, 36 years of genocide that killed 200,000 Maya. But where brute force failed, globalization is succeeding. Mainstream Western entertainment is now flooding Guatemala‘s airwaves, hammering home the 24-hour-a-day message that Mayans should abandon their languages, their clothing, their spirituality, and their identities. And the only thing holding back this tidal wave of homogeneity is a network of tiny 500-watt radio stations. Weiterlesen und Möglichkeit zu helfen
Artikel zur Maya-Kultur hier auf dem Blog:
- Modernes Kavaliersdelikt: Grabraub
- Die ideologischen Fundamente unserer Gesellschaft und der liebe Gott
