A lot of people believe that the very best way to learn something is to experience it personally. With this, the best way to experience the Mayan way of life is to opt for Playa del Carmen tours. In a normal Mayan family day of life, the lady of the house is the one who gets out of bed earlier. Preparing the first meal of the day and lighting up fire for the whole household included her scale of duties. Men and boys rise up an hour later from sleep to have their first meal of the day and then leave to do some field work.
The several classifications of the Mayan society were based on one's profession. Priests and noblemen comprised the topmost rung of society; the middle was composed of farmers, traders, craftsmen and warriors while the lowest in the hierarchy were the slaves. Each one of these classes has left behind a lot of artifacts and all it takes is chalking out of Guatemala travel plan to be able to see the remains. Learning more regarding the description of every class is to consider Playa del Carmen tours.
Farmers usually work on their own plot of land, on the shared plot as well as on the garden that was attached to the house. Based upon the type of land, it is the farmer's responsibility to make it work for cultivation and then plant crops later on. Water for irrigation and cultivation was brought in from the swamps by means of a well laid out irrigation network and canals. As Playa del Carmen tours are discovered by tourists, they will commonly find farm land with either sapodillas, or cocoa and many trees lining.
Craftsmen were generally experts in various trades and responsible for meeting the basic needs of the people. Therefore, the weavers were required to weave fabrics, the potters produced pottery and often clay figurines and the scientifically oriented produced musical instruments of numerous types. Women wore sack-like dresses that are vibrantly colored and men wore loin cloth. Fine fabrics adorned with shells, bead and various other embellishments were worn by members of the noble families as a privilege. A number of these have been discovered at numerous Mayan ruins and could be easily seen during Playa del Carmen tours.
Responsibilities that are complex were given to noblemen and priests such as measuring the time's passage, plotting calendars as well as appeasing the Gods so as to ensure fair weather for growing crops. These include thorough and relentless observation of the elements of the sky and then each day was allotted with a name and number. Also, the calendar of the Mayan is made up of 18 months wherein each month is composed of 20 days and they have 5 additional days that they consider unlucky therefore inauspicious. The trips in Playa del Carmen tours would reveal a separate religious calendar that is composed of 260 days. The Mayan love of hair was a common unifying factor through all these social stratifications.
The Mayans are genetically blessed with thick black hair and all Mayans regardless of creed, caste and gender usually have a long hair in various styles. The males generally keep their front head without hair and have the remaining hair braided and make it into a crown and leave the tail dangling at the back. On the other hand the females have their hair divided into two parts or tied in different ways or braided.
Head dresses and hairstyles are commonly the topics of depictions in sites covered under Guatemala travel packages and Playa del Carmen tours and so, this civilization can be judged personally to have an opinion.
The several classifications of the Mayan society were based on one's profession. Priests and noblemen comprised the topmost rung of society; the middle was composed of farmers, traders, craftsmen and warriors while the lowest in the hierarchy were the slaves. Each one of these classes has left behind a lot of artifacts and all it takes is chalking out of Guatemala travel plan to be able to see the remains. Learning more regarding the description of every class is to consider Playa del Carmen tours.
Farmers usually work on their own plot of land, on the shared plot as well as on the garden that was attached to the house. Based upon the type of land, it is the farmer's responsibility to make it work for cultivation and then plant crops later on. Water for irrigation and cultivation was brought in from the swamps by means of a well laid out irrigation network and canals. As Playa del Carmen tours are discovered by tourists, they will commonly find farm land with either sapodillas, or cocoa and many trees lining.
Craftsmen were generally experts in various trades and responsible for meeting the basic needs of the people. Therefore, the weavers were required to weave fabrics, the potters produced pottery and often clay figurines and the scientifically oriented produced musical instruments of numerous types. Women wore sack-like dresses that are vibrantly colored and men wore loin cloth. Fine fabrics adorned with shells, bead and various other embellishments were worn by members of the noble families as a privilege. A number of these have been discovered at numerous Mayan ruins and could be easily seen during Playa del Carmen tours.
Responsibilities that are complex were given to noblemen and priests such as measuring the time's passage, plotting calendars as well as appeasing the Gods so as to ensure fair weather for growing crops. These include thorough and relentless observation of the elements of the sky and then each day was allotted with a name and number. Also, the calendar of the Mayan is made up of 18 months wherein each month is composed of 20 days and they have 5 additional days that they consider unlucky therefore inauspicious. The trips in Playa del Carmen tours would reveal a separate religious calendar that is composed of 260 days. The Mayan love of hair was a common unifying factor through all these social stratifications.
The Mayans are genetically blessed with thick black hair and all Mayans regardless of creed, caste and gender usually have a long hair in various styles. The males generally keep their front head without hair and have the remaining hair braided and make it into a crown and leave the tail dangling at the back. On the other hand the females have their hair divided into two parts or tied in different ways or braided.
Head dresses and hairstyles are commonly the topics of depictions in sites covered under Guatemala travel packages and Playa del Carmen tours and so, this civilization can be judged personally to have an opinion.
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It is interesting to experience the Mayan way of life. And to get a first-hand experience of it, why not take one of the amazing Playa del Carmen tours and Guatemala travel adventure tours offered by Duende Tours.
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