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Printed on sulphated paper with a white frame.

 

MAYAN 02/3

It is the second part of a trilogy of murals (still unfinished) about the cosmovision of the Mayan culture by the artist Rafael Baca .

 This work is a free interpretation of the vision of HEALTH according to the Mayan peoples of the Yucatan Peninsula, inspired by the research work of Dr. Javier Hirose in his book "Suhuy Maak, Las conceptions sobre the body and the person among the Maya of Campeche". An integral vision on the conception of health within the Mayan peoples.

Respecting the philosophy and worldview of the Mayan peoples, this work was completed in a ritual manner on May 3, 2019 at 12 noon.

This work reflects the importance of the connection of the human being with the origin of time and the forces of the universe as a whole, understanding that the human is not alien to his environment, but one more subject that depends, coexists and belongs to a higher balance. In this conception, the balance occurs between the masculine and feminine aspects of being, the dry and the humid, the heat and the cold, the inside and the outside, the darkness and the light, which on each of the sides of the woman (central character of the mural), are represented by their ancestors, the jaguar and the deer, the goddess Ixchel and the god Kinich Ahau respectively,  as well as among the forces of nature, (the gods) represented by the eagle and the influence of the underworld present in the figure of the snake, the dog and the water. The figure of the shaman, the nahual and the sacred plants remind us of the ritual and magical aspect of the healing processes, where the plant and animal world act as avatars of the divinities that exert their influence in said processes. The golden circle and square that surround the woman represent the divine universe (circle) and the mundane universe (square) to which the human being owes and belongs. The Woman, in a cross position, alludes to the ceiba tree; sacred tree of the Mayans that in this way becomes the intersection of universes and time, as an image of an idealized human in full health and balance, connected with its origin and the beginning of time represented in the two-headed lizard in the background and the image of the moment of creation behind his back. In this way it is said that the human being is in HEALTH when all these aspects have their place in life. When the balance between them is lost, the human gets sick. In such a way that the work of the shaman, of the Ix'men is then to return to his balance and his center to be in all his dimensions.

 

THE RABBIT CHILDREN

The presence of the rabbit children, L@s "Kokone Tochtli" in the mural, creation and signature of Rafael Baca, are the vestige of pre-Hispanic mythologies where the figure of the rabbit was associated with aspects of fertility, the game, innocence and transgression. This curious little animal in the Mayan culture was associated with the goddess Ixchel, goddess of fertility and medicine. And to the goddesses Mayahuel (goddess of maguey and pulque), Toci (elder goddess mother of all gods) or Xochiquetzal (goddess of sexuality and beauty) for the Toltec-Mexica cultures. With a strong link with the moon, the rabbit in various creation myths and traditional tales was presented together with our star. As children of the goddess Mayahuel they were the "Centzon Tochtli" (the four hundred rabbits) little gods of drunkenness and transgression that possessed those who consumed said drink, of these little gods the most important was Ometochtli the god of intelligence and innocence of the children.

During his stay and learning in the mountains of Guerrero and the jungles of Chiapas for more than 10 years, Rafael Baca lived with boys and girls from Mixtec and Mayan communities discovering and learning the worldview and traditions of these peoples through the playful look, innocent and transgressive of the little ones and discovered in those places the reflection of the mythology that he had studied for years and little by little the rabbit children took shape, beings that in his work as in this mural, interact with the world of the gods and ours, breaking down the borders between the sacred and the mundane, creating a magical world of its own, where gods and humanity coexist, recreating the great stories of our ancient world, bringing them to our present under the restless and innocent gaze of l@ s Kokone Tochtli.

Mayan mural poster 140 x 47 cm.

$900.00Price
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