Photos – A New Mayan Sacerdote – September 2013

January 13th, 2014

This relatively short post contains twenty-three photos of taken on September 23, 2013.

Shortly after my dear friend Isaias completed his own training as a Mayan Priest (what we might call a Shaman in the west), his wife, Isabel, decide to complete the same training. On September 23, 2013, Isabel finished her training with her own graduation ceremony.

As usual, the photos in this post are thumbnail images. Please click on any photo to enlarge it. The thumbnails leave much to be desired as far as colors and resolution – plus the thumbnails clip all of the edges. I use thumbnails for the post itself, because it gives people an opportunity to get a summary glimpse without downloading huge amounts of data for the high-res photos.

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Isabel’s Graduation Ceremony

Since these photos are mostly self-explanatory, I will not comment on the majority of them. The ceremony took place in the mountains of Guatemala, a couple of hours from Lake Atitlan. My friend Terry and I were the only gringos in attendance.

Note: I did not take any photos during the actual ceremony. All of these photos were either taken before or after the ceremony.

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Isabel with her teacher, preparing for the ceremony.

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Isaias in his ceremonial clothing.

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Isabel and Isaias.

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Isaias and his teacher.

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Isabel.

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The ceremonial fire, almost ready to begin.

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This photo of Isabel and Isaias was taken at the end of the ceremony.

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As with Isaias’s ceremony in June 2012, this ceremony was acompanied by live marimba music.

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The fire still barely burning after the ceremony is over.

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An interesting plant growing in the ceremonial space.

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It was a beautiful ceremony on a beautiful September day. I am so proud of both Isaias and Isabel … so proud to know them and to call them my dear friends.

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One Response to “Photos – A New Mayan Sacerdote – September 2013”

  1. jan betts says:

    beautiful photos! especially loved the ones of Isaias and Isabel…. beloved friends. thank you for sharing these sacred Mayan ceremonies.

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