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Luis Felipe Guerra is Intrepid Deputy Operations Manager in Guatemala<\/a>, however he\u2019s additionally Maya, and a tour information. As a baby, he struggled to return to phrases together with his Indigenous heritage, going through racism frequently. By discovering extra about his historical past, and sharing it with travellers, he\u2019s realized to take pleasure in his heritage. Now he needs younger Guatemalans to do the identical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When my father was a baby in Guatemala, he was not allowed to talk Mayan within the classroom. If he ever stated a phrase in Mayan, my grandfather must pay a advantageous, and my father can be punished. He used to inform me about being made to kneel on corn kernels whereas holding a chair on his again, usually for hours.<\/p>\n

I come from a Mestizo background, which implies I’ve blended native and European ancestry. My father is Maya, of the Poqomam folks, however my mom is European. I used to be born within the northern-most Pet\u00e9n area of Guatemala, and spent a whole lot of my childhood in considered one of our biggest Maya cities, Tikal, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n