GeoTourism Innovating Eco-Cultural Hotel Practices in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

We hope our readers will support our innovating program to empower the rural Mayan people and their communities near Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, by visiting our GeoTourism project entree at GeoTourism Challenge 2009 "Place of Power: Sustaining the Future of Destinations" a competition organized by National Geographic and Ashoka's Changemakers.

THE MAYA FOUNDATION IN LAAKEECH A.C. innovating goal is help Maya rural people to achieve their personal goals, become self reliant, and enjoy a healthy lifestyle with the help of our volunteer team and sponsors. We invite you to support our sustainable community efforts and volunteer work by voting from July 14th, 2009 on, for our cause, sustainable tourism project, vision and mission. Join in, support us with your vote and place your comments to our competition's homepage: http://geotourism.changemakers.com/en-us/node/20470

With your help we can impact many Maya rural families' future and support many more Maya Children's nutritional needs. If you wish to volunteer or just learn about our nutritional program or pledge a small donation to support it, kindly contact us: info@yucatanadventure.com.mx

The Maya Foundation In Laakeech and Hacienda Chichen eco-cultural sustainable vision and mission is committed to social, health and educational care as well as encouraging sound ecological practices within the Maya communities and rural indigenous people. We hope our readers will be motivated to support our eco-cultural social ventures, sustainable tourism efforts, and the many volunteer job-related workshps abroad such as ESL teaching, Computer Skills teaching, German as a Second Language teaching, etc. Any job related skill you have that can be helpful to work in the hospitality business will always be of great value to rural Maya young adults living near Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, where the travel industry is the only non-farming related work available to them. So help us help and place your vote today!

An Important Ancient Mayan City has been found in Yucatan, Mexico

INAH Archaeologists Thelma Sierra and Agustín Peña did a brief fieldwork on a new Mayan site located in the South of Yucatan. Both archaeologists are concerned that INAH has yet to assign a budget to safe-guard this site. Sadly, there are no official INAH guards on site to protect this magnificent ancient Mayan city, a site as large as Chichen Itza.

Today, this unique archaeological site's many steles, ceramics, sculptures and temples are exposed to fraudulent activities due to lack of proper safe measures from INAH officials. The site has many fabulous carved stones and sculptures that indicate it was a major commercial metropolis to the ancient Maya.

Zona Arqueológica de gran importancia ha sido descubierta en Yucatán

Ubicada al sur del estado, en el ejido San Diego Buenavista, esta vasta urbe maya aun sin nombre corre peligro de saqueos y poca vigilancia en su entorno. Los arqueólogos Thelma Sierra Sosa y Agustín Peña Castillo, quienes trabajan para el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) en Yucatán, afirman que todo indica que esta urbe es tan grande como las ciudades de Chichén Itzá y Teotihuacán, por las dimensiones de los edificios; la presencia de estelas y gran variedad de cerámica prehispánica importada. Los trabajos de rescate que se realizan actualmente son parte de los recursos destinados para la construcción de una carretera en el Cono Sur del Estado y provienen de la Dirección de Vías Terrestres de Yucatán, no del INAH, ya que se esta al construir una carretera que pasé por está Zona Arqueológica recién descubierta.

Ambos arqueólogos lamentan que a pesar de la evidente importancia de este hallazgo, el INAH aun no ha destinado recursos para la protección de esta zona arqueológica maya, ni ha puesto custodios para salvaguardar estos vestigios mayas abiertamente expuestos a posibles saqueos.

Be a Maya Foundation In Laakeech Volunteer

We invite viewers to support our non-profit volunteer work for the Maya Foundation In Laakeech, come and share your job related skills, such as computer basic use, handyman skills or manual crafts that may help Mayan families have economic alternatives to support their families. Doctors, nurses, teachers, retired couples and regular students have join in our volunteer program dedicated to help the Mayan communities nearby Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Hacienda Chichen Resort sponsors the exchange volunteer program by donating free rooming to our abroad volunteers, so contact us via email to: info@yucatanadventure.com.mx if you wish to learn more about the ways you can help us help!

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Fundación Maya In Láakéech A.C., asociación civil no lucrativa dedicada al bienestar social de las comunidades mayas cercanas a Chichen Itza, Yucatán, México, le invita a colaborar. Compartimos nuestros esfuerzos con empresas comprometidas al turismo sustentable y la promoción de los valores culturales mayas, su lengua, arte, medicina tradicional, cocina, rituales, ceremonias y cosmovisión. Si desea donar su tiempo, o apoyar enseñando algún oficio práctico que beneficie la economía de las familias mayas, favor de comunicarse con nosotros vía email a: info@yucatanadventure.com.mx

Nos dará mucho gusto que visite nuestro Magazine y guía turística http://www.yucatanadventure.com.mx/ donde encontrara articulos sobre la cultura maya y de interés eco-culturales.

FIRST MAYA HOLISTIC CEREMONY AT CHICHEN ITZA'S SACRED CENOTE

CONGRATULATIONS ! to the Mayan Elder Healers and J-Men Wiseman, who were granted a special permit for the first time in decades, to celebrate their Mayan Holistic Ceremony U ts'ítsja'il yáalal ja' to bless the water flow of Chichen Itza's Sacred Cenote. Amazingly, even though the Maya Wiseman are holly elders promoting the Maya cultural and spiritual traditions of their ancestors, their entrance to the archaeological zone to celebrate their ritual was the first ever granted by INAH officials.

FELICITACIONES al Consejo de Ancianos y Sacerdotes Mayas por la Ceremonia Maya de "Bendición del Manantial" (En maya: U ts'ítsja'il yáalal ja' ) el día sábado 7 de junio de 2008 a las 11 de la mañana. Esta ceremonia, celebrada por J-Men Bartolome Poot, es la primera en decadas realizada a orillas del Cenote Sagrado de Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, México.