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Tales from the Field: Across Languages and Lifestyles

Posted by stw2015 on Aug 12, 2014 10:56:46 PM

It’s unfair to evaluate the contentedness of a Guatemalan citizen based on my own definitions of comfort and happiness. Still, I catch myself doing just that. While here I’ve thought, “Life must be boring without Wi-Fi,” and “These people have to prepare their food every day completely from scratch. What a burden!” From a logical standpoint, I know I am wrong to assume that lacking Wi-Fi is boring and that preparing food is a burden, but it’s hard to separate my standards from local ones.

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Tales from the Field: A Beautiful Devotion

Posted by stw2015 on Aug 9, 2014 11:31:38 PM

Today is August 9, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Today is also Keb Aimagi in the Mayan Calendar, a holiday dedicated to asking god for forgiveness of sins. Today is the day I got to celebrate the former by learning about the latter, and what a day it was!

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Tales From the Field: I'll Have Peanuts!

Posted by stw2015 on Aug 8, 2014 10:31:30 PM

Pixtup

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