BOR PANIAGUA During my visits to Naha’, I settle with Kin Sol, his wife, in their family home. This created community of nearly 300 people is comprised entirely of Northern Lacandon Maya, whose ancestors lived in isolated woodland pockets rather than structured neighbourhoods. Several other similar villages, all created by government decree, are scattered near the ancient Maya cities of Palenque, Yaxchilan, and Tonina, Mexico. Cement-block homes with tin roofs flank the dusty dirt trail that meanders through the settlement. Traditional wooden homes with thatch roofs occupied by the community elders are set back from the road, obscured by dense rainforest foliage. For many days, Kin Sol caressed my vibrant blue-and-green cotton hammock, its’ softness a stark contrast to their coarsely woven single-width hammocks, the only kind available in San Cristobal de Las Casas, the la
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