A Mayan Struggle: Portrait of a Guatemalan People in Danger

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Color Photography book at the Mayan People of Guatemala and their struggle for human rights. Photographs by Vince Heptig and introduction by Nobel Peace Prize Laureat Rigoberta Menchu Tum.

Guatemala, shattered through 36 years of war and over 400 years of repression, is also at the verge of a rebirth as historic peace accords have recently been signed. Vince Heptig presents a photographic portrait of the Mayan people of Guatemala and their struggle for a greater the next day to come. Over 100,000 Guatemalans, most commonly Mayans, have been killed or disappeared within the struggle. Mr. Heptig’s book includes more than 100 striking color images: Mayan ceremonies, massacre sufferers being exhumed, Mayans working on cotton and coffee plantations, protestors within the streets of the Capitol, Mayans celebrating traditional festivals, massacre sufferers crying for justice, Rigoberta Menchu fighting for indigenous rights, guerillla combatants of their jungle camps, and, after all, the joyous celebration at the signing of the peace accords. Mr. Heptig portrays the Mayans not as a people to be pitied but a strong and resiliant individuals who will carry Guatemala into the 21st Century.

The book is bilingual Spanish/English.

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