El sonido de trompetas al frente de séquitos reales mayas anunciaba su inminente partida a tierras lejanas o su arribo a una ciudad o...

THEY BLARED AHEAD of royal entourages, announcing their impending departure to far-away lands or heralding their arrival into a city or...

Los países del ámbito mesoamericano son muy afortunados de contar con toda la gama de tipos de madera para la construcción de marimbas y...

Replica of thistle-shaped Maya drum Sitting in a row inside a narrow palace chamber, somewhere in what is today the Petén lowlands of...

To appreciate the acoustic effects produced by the thistle-shaped Mayan drum, we have made replicas with dimensions close to those...

Cuando cayó la oscuridad hace exactamente 500 años/When darkness fell exactly 500 years ago

For centuries wood has been the essential, irreplaceable material in the construction of guitars, violins, harps, pianos, marimbas,...

En más de una ocasión hemos tratado de aportar evidencia en Mesoamérica, y ciertamente en Guatemala, que la marimba tuvo algún precedente...

In recognition and appreciation of the great contribution of Antigua and all of Guatemala to the development of the avocado industry in Cali

Holding up a lit torch made of dry branches, a teenage girl, covered with patches of deer skin, helps her companion, a young boy of about...