Mayans work to preserve culture (fwd link)

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2/13/2008 3:00:00 PM

Mayans work to preserve culture

Emily Taylor
Courier Staff Writer

MYAN CULTURE AT RISK: Elizabeth Idalia Ollej, director of the K’astajib’al
bilingual and intercultural school in Guatemala, lectures at Hanover College on
Tuesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie)
A language barrier didn't prevent Hanover College students from learning about
an effort to preserve Mayan culture.

"Mayan Cultures: A Struggle for Survival" was presented by Elizabeth Idalia
Ollej and Rosa Cándida Cúmez at a lecture at Hanover College on Tuesday. Idalia
Ollej is the director of the Center of Education Bilingual Intercultural
K'astajib'al, or CEBIK, in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Cándida Cúmez is a teacher
there.

The two Mayan educators talked about the school's focus on preserving Mayan
heritage in the midst of oppression. Translation was provided by Celia
Dollmeyer, a professor of Spanish at Hanover College.

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