Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Getting Underway- Mayan Ruins @ Chichen Itza






I really had NO idea what I was doing when this picture was taken.

Going off like this, to an entirely NEW ADVENTURE, for me !! ha !!


The second set of picture are from our visit to CHICHEN ITZA, an ancient Mayan ruin west of Cancun about 4 hours. The pyramid-like structure is called the Castillo, and during the equinox in summer and winter gives the illusion of a serpent climbing up and down the stone steps on each side...... The ruins are very vast, and represent the ancient city of what they figured to be about 250,000 people. The Ring, mounted high on the wall of the ball court, was part of the ballgame they played, with the losing team being sacrificed by being beheaded ! yuck !


We are standing in front of their ancient Observatory, which is one of the few structures you can still climb on. The woman selling hankerchiefs took the towel off that was draped over her head for protection from the sun, so we could take her picture, (although, lots of the native Mayans did NOT care to have their pictures taken, because they believe it can steal your soul)


We were not aware that the Mayan culture is STILL intact, and going strong til this day. They continue to use a completely seperate language from the Spanish spoken everywhere else...... I was fasinated by their images, and hope to incorporate some of them into some of my paintings and artwork in the future....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful post! Amazing pictures! That has happened to me often as well. I took a picture and didn't really know what I was doing. You did a great job! Capturing the moment! :) *HUGS*