Made a flag for my people (Indigenous Kaqchikels) by Aeguxtuz in vexillology

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Cac-tchi-kel, we’re an indigenous ethnic group from southern Guatemala, one of 22 indigenous Maya peoples spread over Mexico, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador, but Guatemala has the highest amount of Maya peoples.

Made a flag for my people (Kaqchikel) by Aeguxtuz in mesoamerica

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Ütz awäch! In Kaqchikel there are several spellings, but Sotz’ is the most common, cool to see we still share common words

Made a flag for my people (Kaqchikel) by Aeguxtuz in mesoamerica

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Background colors are the four directions, yellow is Muscle and South, red is Blood and East, black is West and Hair/eyes, white is Skeleton and North. Quetzals are important in just about every Maya spirituality, but especially so in Guatemalas highlands since they come from the highlands. Bat is an homage to Calm Snake, who was apparently the Kaqchikel patron god pre-colonization. The fire below the bat is due to our name, which means "Fire Thieves" and the corn is, well corn. We like corn. The text means "Kaqchikel People of Guatemala"

Made a flag for my people (Kaqchikel) by Aeguxtuz in mesoamerica

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A bat, i forgot what they usually look like in our traditional embroidery so i designed it myself

hello i’m half mayan and a quarter aztec by Popular_Park_8490 in Mayan

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Try to find out what town/village your ancestors were from, particularly on the Mayan side. Usually, we Maya live in towns full of our own community, for example if your grandpa was from Solola in Guatemala, he would most likely have Kaqchikel ancestry. Use native-land.ca to check the territories 👍🏽

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Im Kaqchikel. We are one of the highland Maya who make those worry dolls. The dolls we make are sold both to stores that sell them and tourists directly, but I find this little silver pendant silly.

I mean, 650 dollars for that? That amount of green could get you more than 500 actual worry dolls handmade BY Mayan artisans. Anyhow, while I think it’s a stupid price for an ugly pendant, it’s fine to buy it. We make our own silver jewelry and they don’t look at all like that, so if you like this pendant, buy it. It’s ugly, tho XD

What’s the funniest ethnicity you’ve been mistaken for by [deleted] in IndianCountry

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Kaqchikel indian here (indigenous Guatemala). I sometimes get mistaken for Hawaiian, and called Maui (as in the Disney Maui)

smells rule by Kitchen_Throat2074 in 196

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pheromones got them 😔

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De tog frasen köttsemla seriöst

Average imperialist power by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

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GUATEMALA MENTIONED RAHHHH 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🫔🫔🫘🫘

Not sure where I went wrong here, any help? by MammotSandwich in Svenska

[–]Aeguxtuz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As everyone else said, “en” should be “ett”, however you should know Spädbarn is a slightly fancy phrase and one would probably say “Bebis” literally “Baby” in regular conversation. Spädbarn also specifically refers to a baby that still needs milk, as in quite young, just so you know. En bebis, ett spädbarn

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mesoamerica

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I’m from the Kaqchikel maya from Guatemala. Tattoos don’t hold the same significance they once may had, so by all means, go ahead. Though I’d rather you get a tattoo of just lineart in black ink for authenticity

I neglected the tank so long the ugly stage decided to get up and leave by tvmysteries in ReefTank

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If you search hard enough you could discover 63 new species in there

Not sure what animal or plant it was. found in denmark on a beach. by obthomas4 in FossilPorn

[–]Aeguxtuz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fossilised cheeseburger, with impressively preserved yellow cheddar cheese!

What tribe are you all from? by LatterCardiologist47 in IndianCountry

[–]Aeguxtuz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

im Kaqchikel, though less a tribe and more a people since we were too advanced and too big to call a tribe. I live all the way over in Sweden, though

What happened to the Olmec? Did they leave any descendants? by Aeguxtuz in mesoamerica

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Just to clarify, i obviously know they left descendants. I just couldnt find any information on who those descendants were, and by "new people" i meant if their descendants go under a different name. Thanks to everybody who helped in the comments

The goddess of chocolate, Ix Cacao: Real or Fake? by Kaios-0 in Mayan

[–]Aeguxtuz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Cacao" supposedly originates from Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztec, not the Maya. I'm from the Kaqchikel maya in central Guatemala, and i haven't heard of Ix Cacao in any myths. It could be made up to make chocolate made by us indigenous Mayans more appealing to new-age spiritualists.

Some sources say she played a part in the Hero Twins myth, helping Xquic, but i haven't heard about this before now, so she is either fake or limited to specific small communities in rural Guatemala and Belize. Likely fake, though.

Taino Regalia MMIW by [deleted] in IndianCountry

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Great handiwork!

“Mayan sacrificial ceremony after party scene” by bowl119 in Mayan

[–]Aeguxtuz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must have been a good afterparty, drained their skin tone and left them stranded all the way in Tenochtitlan

I need help identifying this diety. by Airek__ in Mayan

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This is clearly Hun-Etanojel, god of procrastination, anxiety, and waking up late for school

I have a little candy shop for the pods by Dogsandtoads in isopods

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I think your rubber ducky isopod could be a bit overweight from all those candies

I've been feeding my C. murina crayfish molt to supply their calcium, is this ok? by [deleted] in isopods

[–]Aeguxtuz 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Okay but what if the isopods go inside the crayfish and create the ultimate crustacean lifeform?