Maya Man speaking: hunting, the four directions - Subtitled

Living in Salinas, CA, this Maya man talks about how Mayas hunted about 50 years ago. The language is Yucatec Maya He mentions going out into the woods and the type of game they hunted. The word "ts'oon" means rifle or gun, so he is obviously talking about recent times. He then slips into talking about the four cardinal points or directions: North, East, West, South and their Mayan names.
"Where the sun exits" = La'kin (the east);
"The Mouth of the Sun" or "Where the sun hides" = chik'in (the west);
Xamaan = the north, northwind;
Nojool = the south

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[NP4Mayans]

Just added the English translations on May 8th, 2009

[lilsilent8th]

hey all my.brothers speack mayan and. my.friends also i dony speack alot but i fo.under stand pretty.much.all the y say. if.u.wanna make. another.video.u.should. go on yhe vaqueria. the one they. do on LA every yr youll found many.stories and tradicions of.my.homeplace

[quetza55]

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