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Mayan Family Life
Mayan Family Life
What are some vegetables that the Maya ate?
By: Pourobee saha and ethan Jenkins
Special occasions
Duties of Family Members
Marriage Customs
introduction
Women and Girls
Peasants lived a very hard life
- birth of a child = baptism
- girls' 3 month ceremony
- boys' 4 month ceremony
- coming of age ceremony, (12/14)
- one room huts made of poles and mud
- several grouped around courtyard
- kitchen placed behind main house
- rituals and ceremonies provided break
- married men at 20, women at 14
- negotiated by matchmaker
- payment was agreed upon
- villagers built hut for newlyweds
- bride and groom put on woven clothes
- priest blessed them, villagers celebrated
- rose before dawn
- cleaned corn to make meals
- cared for children and animals
- swept, mopped, and wove
Daily life
What is atole?
Men and Boys
Social practices
- first cousins could be married
- women were married to men older than them, as a better fit
- the atanzahab compared: names, horoscopes, ancestry, etc.
- divorce and 2nd marriages were rare
- average family = 5-7 people
- immediate and extended families
- drank hot chocolate or atole before dawn
- mostly vegetables, with some fowl
- staple diet food was maize
- worked on farm all day
- grew and harvested crops
- hunted or trapped animals
- helped construct public buildings
- peasants worked as soldiers
Conclusion
Bibliography
Content:
History Textbook
Google Sites. "Mayan Family Life - Ancient Mayan Civilization." Mayan Family Life - Ancient Mayan Civilization. Google, n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2014. <https://sites.google.com/site/ancientmayancivilization/mayan-family-life>.
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The Mayan people had extremely different views on work and marriage than the modern world. Peasants had to work from dawn till dusk to provide for their family, and the women took care of the home and kids. Rituals and ceremonies were important parts of thier lives, honoring different things. From birth till death, a Mayan civilian new his or her role in society, and had many celebrations helping them along the way. Although their views varied from today's, it helps us learn more about them.
Images:
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