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Flowers in the Maya Diet Contents SECTIONS 22 Datebook: August 39 Health Services 16 Roads to 80 Travel Adventure 96 by Capt EATING AN INFLORSCENCE Flowers in the maya diet contents SECTIONS 22 DateBook: August 39 Health Services 16 ROADS TO 80 Travel ADVENTURE 96 by Capt. Thor Janson Marketplace Threads of Tradition 98 Real Estate 102 Honduras 104 El Salvador REGIONS 31 Guatemala City 4 UPDATE 34 COMMUNITY SERVICE 44 La Antigua by Anna Claire Bevan by Natalie Rose 82 Lake Atitlán Penguins at La Aurora Zoo WINGS Re-Structured 88 Quetzaltenango 12 GUATEMALA INSIGHT 54 COMMENTARY 89 Río Dulce by Elizabeth Bell by Paul Van Houten 90 Pacific Coast Biggest change since 1969 Walking La Antigua 94 El Petén 14 PROFILE 64 COMMUNITY SERVICE 94 Cobán by Anna Claire Bevan by Natalie Rose 95 Tecpán Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth KIDS at Condesa MISC. 18 GREAT DESTINATIONS 68 SACRED ANIMALS & From the Publisher by Tara Tiedemann EXOTIC TROPICAL PLANTS 10 Cobán by Dr. Nicholas M. Hellmuth 40 Vet Q & A Eating an Inflorescence 45 MAP: La Antigua 20 GUATEMALAN ARTISANS Bilingual Crossword by Hilary Kilpatric 82 PROFILE 72 The Art of Beading by Linda Stansberry 85 MAP: Lake Atitlán Roberto Luz 106 Advertiser Index 21 TOURISM by Natalie Rose 102 HONDURAS photo contest: El Mercado Working Together by Monish Welcome All of the August entrants can be seen at Garifuna Traditions www.Revue.gt ... here are the winners 30 2013 SPIRIT 6 Juliana Skaggs by Sri Ram Kaa & Kira Raa 107 SENSUOUS GUATEMALA 6 Francesco Nadalini ¡Poco a Poco! by Ken Veronda 70 Susana Cofiño Violet 86 David Currier 32 DIGITAL ARTS 88 José Hernández by Anna Claire Bevan 108 Camilo Sarti Canals Mayan Pitz Videogame Deadline for the Sept. 2013 issue » August 9 10 Sacred Animals and Exotic Tropical Plants by Dr. Nicholas M. Hellmuth photo: Sophia Monzón Flowers in the Mayan Diet hile in a hotel in the peace lily that his nursery sells Cobán, Alta Vera- as Spathiphyllum wallisii. Kew Gar- paz, Guatemala, dens lists this as distributed from we were photo- Colombia to Venezuela. The garden- graphingW a beautiful peace lily flow- er working in the greenhouse said er, of the Spathiphyllum genus. Our that the flower was indeed edible. Q’eqchi’ translator immediately The Classic Maya would have told us that this flower is edible. Our had Spathiphyllum friedrichst- photo assistant also said that his halii available to include in their family incorporated these flow- diet. We photographed the plants ers in their meals. He is from from Vivero La Escalonia and the Guatemala-Mexico border though this species is from South area in the Highlands, not a Ma- America, it is 98 percent identi- yan speaker. The point is that cal to the native species of Gua- two local people both indicated, temala. in a matter-of-fact manner, that The word “flower,” however, they ate these flowers. is a lay word. In reality it is a Ilena García suggested the “combination of spathe and edible flower in Alta Verapaz spadix called the ‘inflorescence,’ was Spathiphyllum friedrichst- sometimes referred to as a ‘flower,’ halii. Ilena is graduating with as the distinguishing feature of all a degree in biology from the aroids.” (From www.aroid.org.) University del Valle, which is Many capable agronomists, well known for its experienced botanists, ethnographers and field faculty and their studies of flora archaeologists have written help- and fauna. ful articles and monographs on the Agronomist Ing. Juan Carlos Mayan diet. Torres, owner of the Vivero La An excellent article by Cyrus Lun- Escalonia in La Antigua Guate- dell in 1938, “Plants probably utiliz- mala and a graduate from the re- Dr. Nicholas M. Hellmuth is director of FLAAR Reports (Foundation for Latin spected biology program of the Uni- American Anthropological Research). versidad San Carlos, has identified Contact: [email protected] 68 dining ANTIGUA ed by the Old Empire Maya of Petén and adjacent Lowlands,” is typical in the field of studies of agriculture and diet of Mesoamerica. Although his list is very helpful, and despite his many years of experience living and working in remote Mayan areas of Petén and Campeche, the list needs considerable expansion. My goal is to literally find every single edible and utilitarian plant in Guatemala and adjacent countries, primar- ily to help local diets today. But I also wish to improve the lists of plants available 2,000 years ago. I would be curi- ous to know how many lists of edible plants include Spathiphyllum friedrichsthalii, which is of the family Araceae. Even an early edition of my own list missed this plant! Yet all local people with whom I speak mention that they know full well it is edible. So there is a good future for getting more accurate lists of the plants that enabled the Classic Maya to sustain major populations in Petén, Campeche, Belize—much larger than modern populations in these same areas today. 69 from the publishers ercados in Guatemala was the focus for the August Photo Con- test. We bring you just a sampling of the many wonderful Guatemala’s English-language Magazine submissions, you can view all of them on Revue FaceBook. www.REVUE.gt • [email protected] MThis month is also packed with articles covering everything fromThreads Publishers/Editors: John & Terry Kovick Biskovich Associate Editor: Matt Bokor of Traditionand Guatemalan Artisans to Great Destinations/Cobán; commu- General Manager: José Caal nity service highlightingWINGS and KIDS at Condesa; digital partners in Creative Director/Graphic Design: Rudy A. 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