A look at LAND OF THE MAYAS is another James A. FitzPatrick travel short with a glimpse of everyday life among the Maya Indians.
It opens with busy market day scenes, showing how nobody uses the wheel to get around but everyone carries things on their backs or shoulders. The market place is a scene of social gatherings and gossip too.
At this time in '46, a Catholic priest ministers to 33,000 Maya Indians over an estimated 500 miles area.
They have a disturbed and confused idea of Catholic theology but attend church on Sundays with religious fervor, burning incense to invoke the spirit of their ancestors and ask them for blessings.
We leave these primitive people for a glimpse of The Mayan Inn where whites dine and dance while Marimba music is played.
We close with a view of the priest enjoying solitude in the gardens within the shadow of the St. Tomas Church. The narrator informs us that although they pray to the Lord, they also pray to the pagan Gods of their ancestors as well.
It opens with busy market day scenes, showing how nobody uses the wheel to get around but everyone carries things on their backs or shoulders. The market place is a scene of social gatherings and gossip too.
At this time in '46, a Catholic priest ministers to 33,000 Maya Indians over an estimated 500 miles area.
They have a disturbed and confused idea of Catholic theology but attend church on Sundays with religious fervor, burning incense to invoke the spirit of their ancestors and ask them for blessings.
We leave these primitive people for a glimpse of The Mayan Inn where whites dine and dance while Marimba music is played.
We close with a view of the priest enjoying solitude in the gardens within the shadow of the St. Tomas Church. The narrator informs us that although they pray to the Lord, they also pray to the pagan Gods of their ancestors as well.