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==Destination:[[Tecum Umam]]==
==Destination:[[Tecum Umam]]==
'''Tecum Umam''' (or '''Tecun Uman''') was a legendary figure of [[Guatemala]]n and [[K'iche']] history.
===U b'i Tecum Umam - Tecum Umam's name===
"Tecum Umam" was almost certainly not the proper name of the fallen K'iche' lord who Alvarado mentioned in his letter to Cortes.  Ruud W. van Akkeren<ref name="Akkeren 2004">Ruud W. van Akkeren. 2004. [http://www.popolvuh.ufm.edu.gt/AkkerenTU.pdf Tecum Umam: ¿Personaje Mítico o Histórico?] Paper presented at Ciclo de Conferencias 2004, Museo Popul Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquín</ref> provides several insights into this topic.

Revision as of 00:46, 4 April 2007

Resources

For Tecum Umam -- http://www.popolvuh.ufm.edu.gt/AkkerenTU.pdf


Destination: Ethnic group

Barth

Destination: K'iche'

Colonial Period

The K'iche' first made contact with the Spanish conquistadors in 1523, with the arrival of an expeditionary force led by Pedro de Alvarado.

Early Republican Period

Religion

Traditional Maya religious custom, or costumbre, is a syncretic conglomeration of pre-Columbian traditions and Catholicism. It combines devotion to the Catholic saints and celebrations of the Catholic festivals with traditional dances and elaborate ceremonies conducted at ceremonial sites that are scattered throughout the surrounding mountains.

Evangelical Protestantism has become increasingly strong since its arrival in the region in the 1970s.

Destination:Tecum Umam

Tecum Umam (or Tecun Uman) was a legendary figure of Guatemalan and K'iche' history.

U b'i Tecum Umam - Tecum Umam's name

"Tecum Umam" was almost certainly not the proper name of the fallen K'iche' lord who Alvarado mentioned in his letter to Cortes. Ruud W. van Akkeren[1] provides several insights into this topic.

  1. Ruud W. van Akkeren. 2004. Tecum Umam: ¿Personaje Mítico o Histórico? Paper presented at Ciclo de Conferencias 2004, Museo Popul Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquín