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Inthissmallcountry Everythingisfaraway: Food, Education, Clothing HumbertoAkabal TodayPedrotookustovisitanindigenoushomeinSololwherewewouldhavelunch.Forthe Ladinos(seepreviouspost),thenativeGuatemalanembodiesmanymisfortunesofcharacter. Wekeepourselvestoourselves,astheIndianskeepthemselvestothemselves.Thisisa Guatemalansaying,whichassertsthatindigenouspeopleshouldnotbetreatedasequals (Martnez,2009). ThisconceptrunsthroughthesocialfabricofGuatemalaandwhenseeingthechildrenIam painfullyawarethatbecauseoftheethnicgrouptheybelongto,theywillstartoutlifesracewith someweightsonthemweightsnotoftheirmaking.

. SincethistopiccouldbecomeprettylengthyandsinceIdontthinkitisthepurposeoftheblog,I willonlyrefertothosewhoareinterestedtoSeveroMartinezsbook.Ibelieveitisavery importantworktounderstandthecountrythatwevecometohave,which,sadly,(atleastrural Guatemalaandingeneralterms)couldbedescribedasthenativeGuatemalanpoetdoesit.

Martnez,S.(2009).LaPatriadelCriollo:AnInterpretationofColonialGuatemala.London: DukeUniversity.

(SPANISH) Enestepaspequeo todoquedalejos: lacomida, lasletras, laropa HumbertoAkabal HoyPedronosllevavisitarunhogarindgenaenSololendondehabramosdealmorzar. Paraelladino,elindgenarepresentamuchasdesventurasdecarcter.Apartesomos nosotrosyapartelosnaturales.Esteesundichoguatemaltecoqueaseguraquelosindgenas nodebensertratadoscomoiguales(Martnez,2006). EsteconceptocorrealolargodeltejidosocialdeGuatemalayalveralosniosestoy

consciente(dolorosamente)queporelgrupotnicoalquepertenecen,algunoscomenzarnla carreradelavidayaconpesossobresushombros,nocausadosporellos. Yaqueestetemapodraextenderseynosientoqueseaelpropsitodelblog,solamentereferir alosinteresadosallibrocitadoarriba.Piensoqueesunaobramuyimportantepara comprenderlaGuatemalaquehemosllegadoatener,quelamentablementeespecialmente laGuatemalaruralyentrminosgeneralespodradescribirsecomolohaceelpoetamaya quich.

Martnez,S.(2006).LaPatriadelCriollo:ensayodeinterpretacindelarealidadcolonial guatemalteca.FondodeCulturaEconmica

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