Hi loved ones everywhere!
I share with you the following sentiment for Earth Day from Chely, whose K'iche' Mayan name B'ixalja' means "song of water"....
Chely was using quite a bit of water to wash her hands.
Edwin: "Xaqt katix ri ja' (Don't waste the water)."
Chely: "Oh yeah, because then there is no river, then there is no corn."
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Some Earth Day-related photos from Santa Maria Tzeja:
Walking in the forest with her grandmother:
With cousin Sucely and a chick:
Picking mandarinas:
Picking bananas:
Picking a cacao:
Eating a cacao:
Giving thanks for this wonderful earth...
Ali, Edwin, Chely
I love this blog, Ali! Thanks for creating it! I hope Eliza gets the water-river-corn connection someday as well as Chely.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Jenn
P.S. We love listening to the music Chely sent to Eliza. :)