MESSAGE IN MAYA MAM BELOW / TU’J QYOL MAM TKUX TJA’

Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) and NAKA Dance Theater are proud to announce the publication of our first Fotonovela, a booklet of expressive art created by and for MUA members. 

Booklets will be available at our outdoor, socially distanced Fotonovela Launch event on March 19, 2022 from 1 to 4 pm at Bandung Books, 2289 International Blvd. in Oakland, CA. This one hour event will take place three times, at 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm, with a brief presentation in Spanish, English and Maya Mam followed by a celebration of the book launch. 

 The Fotonovela team includes: Adriana Perez, Leticia Garcia, Luciana Rodriguez, Paulina Calmo and Victoria Pablo, in collaboration with NAKA Dance Theater and members of MUA.

Starting in late 2020 and continuing through 2021, we worked as a team with NAKA Dance Theater and MUA, meeting twice a week on Zoom. We grew together and managed to express our emotions in different ways, through dialogue, the body and illustrations.  Since our team is made up of people who speak different languages (Maya Mam, Spanish, and English), using illustrations in the zine seemed the most appropriate way to express what we wanted to express without needing to choose a particular language, while still recognizing each person’s languages ​​and traditions. Other members of MUA also contributed their illustrations, helping us to make visible gender issues, social inequalities, and cultural and socio-economic concerns.

The Fotonovela is made up of four sections, which were chosen based on the interests of all the women who participated and the community we represent. In the first section, we focus on what MUA represents. In the second section, we center cultural aspects deeply rooted in our daily life, prioritizing food, customs, traditions of our countries of origin and in the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples. In the third section, we focus on gender issues. And the last section is about migration, focusing on aspects related to personal and emotional experiences that we have had as immigrants.

We are making a digital version of the fotonovela available to all, in the hopes that it will inspire other similar projects for healing and self-expression.   The work has given us the strength to keep going. We must not forget that walking together hand-in-hand is easier in a society that sometimes closes its doors on us.

A limited number of full color printed booklets are available for a requested donation of $10-30, plus $5 shipping (please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery). Order your booklet here.

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At nim tzalajib’l te Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) y NAKA Dance Theater tun tex tq’on jun tqanil tij tnejil tib’lal jun pakab’, jun ujb’il te yek’bil jaj b’an tb’ant qu’n ex b’inkyamaj kyun qe ex te kye qe xuj txjali MUA.  a jun kyb’i que xjal b’inchal jun keyb’il lu’: Adriana Perez, Leticia Garcia, Luciana Rodriguez, Paulina Calmo ex Victoria Pablo, tuk’ix jun tonb’i NAKA Dance Theater ex chuk’ix qa miembra te MUA.

tuj o’kx tch’ip qij tuj ab’q’i 2020 ex kyaqil q’ij te ab’q’i 2021 o txiqe jun aq’untl quna junx tuk’il NAKA Dance Theater ex MUA nkub’ qchmon qib’a kab’ maj tuj seman tuj Zoom. O qoch’iya junx ex o tzin b’ant txi qq’ona jun tzalajib’l  te partakyaq txilen alkye jun o b’aj qyolna tij, tun jun techilal o kub’ qq’oni twitz txaq u’j. Tuj a jun k’loj xjal lu’ toktz san qe xjal partakyaq ch-yol, ex tun tajb’lan jun keyb’il lu’ ja tb’anixix  o tz’el te qey  tun txi qmana alkye jun qaja, mi alkyex jun yol o jaw qsok’oni tun tel qnik’ tij tujx tekyaqx te juwin tyol ex txehcil. O cheonin qe xuj txjalil MUA, a jun k’loj xjal nchi onin ex nchiq’on il tij jun chipin qe xuj. Ja qe tun jun yek’b’il ma tzaj kyman qe alkyechaq nti b’an qun ixqa mib’in tzel qnik’ tij te ti’x xjali qo xuj ex qe xin junxilex oto’ qkyaqil, at jun pab’il tib’ qxolx tun tnik’ qxechil ex tun tnik’ jun q’inimab’l.

A jun keyb’il lu’ b’inchamaj te kyaja piẍ, ex b’in chamaj tun kyaqil kyanmi qe xuj qe o che kub’ b’inchanta ex nche yek’in te kyaqilx tnam. tuj tnejil o qoyolna tij alkye jun txilen MUA. Tuj tkab’in piẍ o qoyolna tij txilen qa qxechil alkye jun q’inx qun tuj qchwinqlal, lujtzin qe’ wab’j nb’ant qun te jatuma tzajin qo’ chuj qe qtanmi ex jun tb’anixix txilen te qe te tuj qyol qo. tuj t-toxin piẍ, o qoyolna tij alkyechaq txechi’l junwin xjal. te tch’ip piẍ tij nq-i’ tuj qtanmi tun qpon tuj junl, ja tum nti b’inmaj qo(migracion), O’kxix tokxix qq’on qwi tij,  jaj nche ex xjal tuj, jaqa qo jaw lab’in tij alkyechaq nche ex tuj ok nche b’et.

Nkub’ qq’ona jun tekyil chwitz kyaqil qe a jun Tib’lal jun pakab’, at qximb’itze tun tajb’lan te te juntl aq’unt jaj janaja te b’inkyal ex jatum jaku tza a’ yoli.  kyaqilx aq’untl ob’ant , ntzaj tq’on nim qipan tun qxi tun qwitz, ex min tz’el tuj qk’uji qa ma qob’et junx ẍaqlun qq’ab’ ex nti taq’ ok at jun k’loj qb’et ex at maj netz lamet ja qwitz.

At nuẍ  tajlal jun u’jb’il lu’ twitz jun txaq u’j jaj at jun tcolor tun jun onb’il qanimaj te $10 ex qa $30, ex tzin $5 tun txi sama’n (( jaka yajt kyaj ex mu qaq seman tun tpon tuk’la). Tun tzaj tqanin teya jun tcopia qatzin txjali MUA tey jaka txi q’ajta tuk’il Ana Diaz (b’an te yolin tuj tyol a’m (español) ex tuj yol Mam) Telefono 510-827-5996

A qe u’j at ok tok jun ni’q’ij  te tq’anil jun Tib’lal jun pakab’ kywitz ckyaqilxe ex k-o’kil qwent qi’j tun tkyaj qxol kyuk’il txqantl xjal te el 19 de marzo de 2022 de 1:00 pm a 4:00 pm en Bandung Books, 2289 International Blvd. en Oakland, CA. Ex juwin piẍ alkechaq nche ex qe xjal tuj tyol am (español, tyol mex ex tuj qyol Mam ex jun niq’ij te kye kyaqil xe que xjal