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Los mayas, una de las etnias ancestrales más importantes de México, se han visto relegados a habitar la zona sur del país, donde sus descendientes han estado intentan preservar sus tradiciones y sobrevivir en un ambiente de desigualdad y de difícil acceso para los servicios básicos.
"Con todo mi amor yo les digo que nosotros los mayas existimos. No nada más somos las pirámides o los campos de pelota. Somos una cultura viviente, por fortuna, caminamos y disfrutamos la sombra de la ceiba. Hermanos míos de esta tierra, dónde están, con la cabeza y el corazón les digo, hermanos, hermanos". Así suena el llamamiento de Luis Naj, un sacerdote maya víctima de la desigualdad social sistemática que sufre su comunidad.
Resistiéndose al olvido, cerca de un millón y medio de descendientes mayas habitan hoy la Península de Yucatán. Según cifras de la Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, en Quintana Roo vive casi una tercera parte de esta descendencia, quienes perciben que su principal dificultad es sobrevivir en un ambiente de desigualdad social.
Nosotros los mayas existimos. No nada más somos las pirámides o los campos de pelota. Somos una cultura viviente
Otro caso que refleja la difícil situación de esta comunidad es el de Susana Uc, una indígena de origen maya que a sus 80 años tiene que trabajar en un molino de maíz donde percibe un ingreso diario que ronda entre 1 y 5 dólares. Y de manera mensual tiene que pagar impuestos al Gobierno por un monto que supera los 100 dólares.
Gran parte de estas comunidades indígenas se ubican en regiones retiradas de las principales ciudades, por lo que tienen que recorrer largas distancias para acceder a los servicios básicos. Su principal actividad para sobrevivir es la agricultura.
"El problema que hay en la zona maya es de que nosotros vivimos de lo que sembramos, el limón, el chilito, el tomate, entonces no es como en la ciudad. Aquí la zona maya gasta mucha agua, no es porque queramos gastar, es porque de eso vivimos. Los pozos son una constante en estos pueblos, porque son la manera más rápida de abastecerse de agua, puesto que los servicios de agua potable no son fácilmente accesibles", relata Francisco Pot Cahuil, un agricultor maya.
Según registraron las cámaras de RT, sorprende que en el mismo estado de Quintana Roo, a poco más de 200 kilómetros de Cancún y en este siglo XXI, las comunidades mayas se encuentran en completa desigualdad social y sin acceder a la bonanza que brinda el principal destino turístico del país. Este olvido contrasta con el sinfín de aportes a la astronomía, las matemáticas y la arquitectura que forman parte del legado que la milenaria cultura maya aportó a México y al mundo entero.
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The Maya, one of the most important ancient ethnic groups of Mexico, have been relegated to inhabit the south of the country, where their descendants have been trying to preserve their traditions and to survive in an environment of inequality and difficult access to basic services.
"With all my love I say that we the Maya exist. Nothing else are the pyramids or the golf ball. We are a living culture, fortunately, we walked and enjoyed the shade of the ceiba. My brothers in this land, where They are, with the head and heart I say, brothers, brothers. " So the call of Luis Naj a victim of systematic social inequality faced by her community Mayan priest rings.
Resisting oblivion, about a million and a half of Mayan descendants living today the Yucatan Peninsula. According to figures from the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, in Quintana Roo is home to nearly a third of these offspring, who perceive that their main difficulty is to survive in an environment of social inequality.
We exist Maya.Nothing more we are the pyramids or the golf ball. We are a living culture
Another case that reflects the plight of this community is to Susana Uc, an indigenous Mayan origin that at 80 years old has to work in a corn mill where he receives a daily income of around 1 to $ 5. And on a monthly basis you have to pay taxes to the government in an amount exceeding $ 100.
Many of these indigenous communities are located in remote areas of major cities, so they have to travel long distances to access basic services.Its main activity is agriculture to survive.
"The problem is in the Mayan area is that we live what we sow, lemon, chile, tomato, so it is not like in the city. Here the Maya area spends a lot of water, it is not because we want to spend, that is because we live in. The wells are a constant in these villages, because they are the fastest way to get water, because the water services are not easily accessible, "says Francisco Pot Cahuil, a Mayan farmer.
According RT cameras recorded surprising that in the state of Quintana Roo, just over 200 kilometers of Cancun and in this century, the Mayan communities are in complete social inequality without access to the bonanza offered by the principal tourist destination in the country. This oversight contrasts with the endless contributions to astronomy, mathematics and architecture that are part of the legacy that the ancient Mayan culture brought to Mexico and the world.
The Maya, one of the most important ancient ethnic groups of Mexico, have been relegated to inhabit the south of the country, where their descendants have been trying to preserve their traditions and to survive in an environment of inequality and difficult access to basic services.
"With all my love I say that we the Maya exist. Nothing else are the pyramids or the golf ball. We are a living culture, fortunately, we walked and enjoyed the shade of the ceiba. My brothers in this land, where They are, with the head and heart I say, brothers, brothers. " So the call of Luis Naj a victim of systematic social inequality faced by her community Mayan priest rings.
Resisting oblivion, about a million and a half of Mayan descendants living today the Yucatan Peninsula. According to figures from the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, in Quintana Roo is home to nearly a third of these offspring, who perceive that their main difficulty is to survive in an environment of social inequality.
We exist Maya.Nothing more we are the pyramids or the golf ball. We are a living culture
Another case that reflects the plight of this community is to Susana Uc, an indigenous Mayan origin that at 80 years old has to work in a corn mill where he receives a daily income of around 1 to $ 5. And on a monthly basis you have to pay taxes to the government in an amount exceeding $ 100.
Many of these indigenous communities are located in remote areas of major cities, so they have to travel long distances to access basic services.Its main activity is agriculture to survive.
"The problem is in the Mayan area is that we live what we sow, lemon, chile, tomato, so it is not like in the city. Here the Maya area spends a lot of water, it is not because we want to spend, that is because we live in. The wells are a constant in these villages, because they are the fastest way to get water, because the water services are not easily accessible, "says Francisco Pot Cahuil, a Mayan farmer.
According RT cameras recorded surprising that in the state of Quintana Roo, just over 200 kilometers of Cancun and in this century, the Mayan communities are in complete social inequality without access to the bonanza offered by the principal tourist destination in the country. This oversight contrasts with the endless contributions to astronomy, mathematics and architecture that are part of the legacy that the ancient Mayan culture brought to Mexico and the world.
