Panorama Cultural

Panorama cultural: Guatemala

General

Destination Guatemala: www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/cam/gua.htm

Guatemala City: www.travel.com.gt/ICdGuate.htm

Guatemala City: www.travelvantage.com/gua_cit.html

InfoGuatemala: www.infoguatemala.com/gt/e/home.asp

LANIC Guatemala: lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/guatemala

Latin World Guatemala: www.latinworld.com/centro/guatemala/index.html

Our People: A Meeting of Three Worlds: www.quetzalnet.com/QuetzalNET/OurPeople-real.html

Rigoberta Menchú

Homage to Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Quiche Mayan: www.indians.org/welker/menchu.htm

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive: www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

Rigoberta Menchú: www.wagingpeace.org/hero/rigoberta_menchu.html

Maya

Arte Maya Tz'utuhil Museum and Gallery: www.artemaya.com

Introducing the Maya Calendar: www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9172/maya1.html

Maya Art and Books, International Photographic Archive of Maya Art: maya-art-books.org/default.html

Maya Calendar: www.halfmoon.org/calfork.html

Mayan Ruins: www.mayaruins.com

Newspapers

Newspapers Online Guatemala: www.newspapers.com/results.asp?country=GUATEMALA

Prensa Libre: www.prensalibre.com

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Guatemala

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about Guatemala.
1. Where was Rigoberta Menchú born, and what happened to her family? In what year and why was she given the Nobel Peace Prize?

2. What are the geographical features of Guatemala? Locate the features on a map.

3. What are the major Mayan sites in Guatemala? Locate them on the map.



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