Maya Cultural Celebration
Event Information
About this event
Maya Cultural Festival with Fashion Show and Workshops
Celebration Schedule
9:30 AM Opening Ceremony and Program
10:30 AM Concurrent Workshops
* Women – Earth, with Paula Nicho Cúmez
* Maya Languages: Mam, Yucatec, K’iche’
* Struggle for Land and Human Rights in Guatemala and Yucatan
* Activism at the Border
* Immigrants–Know Your Rights, with PODER
11:45 AM Lunch – Art Exhibit
12:15 PM Maya Fashion Show; Ancient & Traditional Dances
1:45 PM Concurrent Workshops
* Maya Textiles
* The World of the Ancient Maya, with Prof. Edgar Torres
* Services for Immigrants, with PODER, Mission Promise Neighborhood, and more
* The Mayan Calendar, with Francisco Icala
2:45 PM Closing Ceremony
CCSF Sponsors: CCSF Rosenberg Library Exhibitions, CCSF Friends of the Library, Departments of English as a Second Language, Latin American & Latino/a Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Museum Studies.
Community Sponsors: Maya Woman: The Helen Moran Collection, Arte Maya Tz’utuhil, Mayan Cultural Exchange, Asociacion Mayab, Mission Promise Neighborhood, PODER, Latino Educational Association (LEA), NISGUA.