"Govoreči križi" : opredmeten spomin na največji majevski upor
Od prvih srečanj z evropskimi osvajalci so Maji
izražali nezaupanje do vsega tujega in drugačnega. Kontinuiteta kolonialnih
uporov zoper špansko oblast in vsiljevanje evropske krščanske kulture se
nadaljuje skozi 19. in 20. stoletje, vse do danes. Izraža se v
socio-religioznih gibanjih, kolonialnih vstajah, vojni kast 19. stoletja in
tudi v današnjem panmajističnem gibanju za kulturno osamosvojitev.
Zgodovinske izkušnje, še zlasti vojna kast in kolektivni spomin na
osvobojeno ozemlje vzhodnega Jukatana med letoma 1847 in 1901, prav tako
kot prerokbe o ponovni vzpostavitvi majevske neodvisnosti, niso prisotne le
v sodobnem majevskem imaginariju in narativi, opredmetene so tudi v
konkretnih simbolih nove religije "govorečih križev". From their first encounters with the European
conquerors the Maya showed their distrust of all things foreign and
different. The colonial revolts against the Spanish rule and the intrusion
of European Christian culture continued throughout the 18th and 19th
centuries and into the present. They have taken the form of socio-religious
movements, colonial revolts, the 19th century Caste War, and the present
pan-Maya movement for cultural independence. Historical experiences, in
particular the Caste War, and people's collective memory of the liberated
territory of the east Yucatan peninsula between 1847 and 1901, as well as
the prophecies about the reinstatement of Maya independence, do not figure
only in the contemporary Maya imaginarium and narrative, they are also
materialised in the concrete symbols of the new religion - that of the
"talking crosses". From their first encounters with the European conquerors
the Maya showed their distrust of all things foreign and different. The
colonial revolts against the Spanish rule and the intrusion of European
Christian culture continued throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and into
the present. They have taken the form of socio-religious movements,
colonial revolts, the 19th century Caste War, and the present pan-Maya
movement for cultural independence. Historical experiences, in particular
the Caste War, and people's collective memory of the liberated territory of
the east Yucatan peninsula between 1847 and 1901, as well as the prophecies
about the reinstatement of Maya independence, do not figure only in the
contemporary Maya imaginarium and narrative, they are also materialised in
the concrete symbols of the new religion - that of the "talking
crosses".