Reseña

“Where Nature Speaks Maya: Exploring the Yucatan Peninsula / Tu’ux ku t’a’anal maaya tumen u kuxtalil yóok’olkaab: u xíinximbalta’al u petlu’umil Yucatán”, shows how nature and culture are intertwined. Maya societies flourished in the region despite its environmental challenges. This book presents topics that invite readers to learn about and appreciate the territory's uniqueness and to adopt practices to care for it.

The beautifully illustrated chapters cover the Mayan language, climate, cenotes, dunes, wetlands, vegetation, birds, arthropods, mammals, and reptiles. Each chapter was written by specialists who have worked on these subjects for years, with great dedication and affection.

The book aims to help readers learn more about the region, value the Maya people's knowledge, practices, and worldviews, and find inspiration, ideas, and proposals for living in—and visiting—the Yucatan Peninsula in a more sustainable way.


Tu’ux ku t’a’anal maaya tumen u kuxtalil yóok’olkaab: u xíinximbalta’al u petlu’umil Yucatáne’ ku ye’esik bix u machikuba u ba’aluba’ob u kuxtalil le lu’uma’ yéetel le miatsilo’. Maaya kaaje’ ki’ki’ loolankinaj kex yaan talamilo’ob ku taasik u yantal te’ lu’uma’. Le ts’íiba’ ku ts’ik ojéeltbil ba’axo’ob jach u ti’al le lu’uma’, ka náats’akech a k’aj óoltej, ka a kan a kaláant yéetel le bix a bisik a kuxtalo’.
Le jaajats ts’íibo’ob ki’ichkelem máak’anta’anil u yoochelo’oba’ ku t’aano’ob tu yóok’ol le maaya t’aano’, clima, ts’ono’oto’ob, duna’ob, humedalo’ob, k’áax, u jeejeláasil ik’o’ob, ch’íicho’ob, ba’alche’ob, beyxan le ku máan u jíiltikuba’obo’; laj ts’íibta’abo’ob tumen máaxo’ob úuch jo’op’ok u meyajtiko’ob yéetel yaabilaj.
Le ts’íiba’ ku kaxantik ka k’aj óolta’ak le lu’uma’, ka yaabilta’ak ba’axo’ob ojéela’an weye’, ba’axo’ob ku beeta’al tumen maaya kaaj yéetel bix u na’atik le kuxtala’, ka xan páatchak u ts’íibolta’al, tumen u jeelo’obe’, u bisa’al jump’éel tukulta’an no’oj kajtal, beyxan ka béeyak ma’ u xu’ulsa’al u ayik’alil u petlu’umil le Yucatán ikil u taal xíimbaltbila’.