Thursday, November 12, 2009
How do we see Mayan values exemplified in modern society?
In our modern society many examples on mayan values have been shown in such important things such as the styles of food, language, science, art and sports. Mayan art, which is the topic i focused on in my studies, is best exemplified in modern day by just walking in San Francisco. In many areas in San Francisco there are drawings, pictures, or murals. Mayans did the same type of thing. They displayed their art everywhere in doorways, bowls and temples. The art in temples leads me to another major thing that shows Mayan values in modern society because of the many ways that art is used for religious uses. Such as modern day temples such as the Sixteenth Chapel that has beautiful art displayed all around it. Sculptures were used be holders for incense burning during times of prayer and other paintings and sculptures were created as a sign of gratitude and devotion to their gods. As i said before art was painted on bowls which leads me to another point which is the different styles of food. Mexican cuisine has very similar to the foods that the Mayans favored which were beans corn chili maguey and maize which were convenient for the Mayans because of their climate. Now, mexican is a majority favored meal styles and is personally one of my favorite types of food. Another connection that could be there most famous discovery is there extremely accurate calender which includes a 365 days in a year, which is still used today however had 18 20-day months with a 5-day month. Throughout history this has been strangely extremely accurate. In our modern society we do not replicate the Mayans but we do take and agree with many of their values but add our little twist that makes our society unique just as the Mayans are.
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