I am partnering with a Maya family in Belize. We are building a home on ten acres in the jungle where we plan to offer visitors a place to stay where they can enjoy a genuine Maya experience. Visitors will be taught how to cook traditional Maya food, weave, make jippi jappa baskets etc!
Ponciano Choc is the 32 year old father of four who is overseeing the construction. His wife Elvira is our fabulous Maya cook and Super Mom who does everything else! Now...about the discovery...
Yesterday, while searching the web for news articles relating to a recent event that involved the procurement of leaves for my roof (that's another story), I stumbled across some astounding information...
Sometime in the early 1990's a woman by the name of Chloe Sayer visited the village of Santa Elena which is where Ponciano grew up. She obtained from Ponce, who at the time was around 14 years of age, a homemade football. The football he made out of plastic and twine was then given to The British Museum in London, England in 1994 as a cultural artifact and today is part of their Africa, Oceania & the Americas collection!! Wow!!
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