Akatswiri enieni ogwiritsa ntchito mwala, dongo kapena pepala, a Mayan adakwanitsa kugwira nawo pazithandizazi komanso m'zipilala zawo zokongola, lingaliro lawo labwino la munthu ndi chilengedwe chonse. Fufuzani!
White Pizote amayenera kumaliza posachedwa chapamwamba chomaliza cha kachisi woperekedwa kwa Kinich Ahau, Great Lord of the Solar Face, the Sun God, yemwe adzakhazikitsidwe ndi Lord Shield Jaguar l wa Yaxchilán. Pamtunda (womwe lero ndi 26) wolamulira adawonetsedwa panthawi yolandila kuchokera kwa mkazi wake, Akazi a Xoc, amtundu wa Calakmul, mutu wa jaguar, chizindikiro cha wolamulira ndi mulungu dzuwa yemwe adadzizindikiritsa yekha, ndi chishango chamakona anayi chomwe chimamulemba ngati wankhondo. Gulu la ojambula ochokera kumalo ochitira masewera a Pizote Blanco adasema mbali zina za kachisi, zonse zomwe zinali ndi siginecha ya wosema wotchuka.
Akatswiri a zomangamangawo, adaumba zipupa za miyala kuti ojambulawo ayambe ntchito yawo; Amakongoletsa mkati mwa kachisi ndi zikwangwani zokongola za miyambo yachipembedzo, moyang'aniridwa ndi anthu amulungu. Chilichonse chiyenera kukhala chokonzekera tsiku 1 Imix 9 Kankin.
A Mayan adapanga zaluso zodabwitsa kwambiri zojambulajambula, zogwirizana kwambiri ndi zomangamanga malo omwe kupembedza kwachipembedzo kumachitikira komanso zochitika zandale. Nyumbazi zidamangidwa ndi zomangamanga ndipo zidakutidwa ndi stucco wokulirapo kapena miyala yopukutidwa.
Nthawi zambiri zomangidwazo zidasinthidwa kuti zikhale zikadinala komanso momwe nyenyezi zimayendera, ndipo malo omwe adasankhidwa kuti amange mizindayo anali ndi mawonekedwe amomwe anali ndi mikhalidwe yopatulika. Malo amwambo, omwe nthawi zambiri amapezeka pakatikati pa mizinda ikuluikulu, amamangidwa ngati tinthu tating'onoting'ono tomwe tinkayimira malo akulu m'chilengedwe chonse: kumwamba, dziko lapansi ndi dziko lapansi.
Kuphatikiza pa zomangamanga ndi chosema, ndizodabwitsa zojambula zoumba ndi zinthu zing'onozing'ono zingapo, monga zodzikongoletsera za jade, zokongoletsera mafupa ndi zipolopolo, mwala wamtengo wapatali ndi matabwa, ndi mafano achidongo, kuphatikiza zojambulajambula.
Makamaka a zaluso za Mayan ndi mitundu yambiri yamitundu, yomwe imayankha pakudziyimira pawokha kwa maboma. Monga momwe kunalibe ndale zadziko, panalibe yunifolomu zaluso, koma ufulu wopanga, ngakhale mumzinda womwewo. Komabe, pali zina zapadera, zomangamanga, zojambulajambula komanso zamatchulidwe, zomwe zimatilola ife kuyankhula za "luso la Mayan" ndikuzisiyanitsa ndi za anthu ena aku Mesoamerican.
Pulogalamu ya zojambulajambula Amakhala ndimiyala yayikulu kapena miyala yayikulu yokhayokha, yomwe imakwezedwa m'mabwalo, kapena mapanelo kapena miyala yamanda yophatikizidwa. M'chigawo chapakati maluso awa amadziwika ndi mawonekedwe ake ofewa komanso osasunthika, owuziridwa ndi chilengedwe, komanso mawonekedwe owoneka bwino kapena owoneka bwino aanthu, omwe nthawi zonse amakhala ofunikira komanso owonetsa. Kumpoto, m'malo mwake, m'malo ambiri timapeza mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana, omwe amaimira Mulungu ndi anthu, nyama ndi zomera, ngakhale pali zina, monga chojambula chodabwitsa komanso chapadera cha Ek Balam, chofotokozera komanso champhamvu Zithunzi za "angelo" zopangidwa mozungulira, kusinthana ndi mawonekedwe ophiphiritsa osiyana kwambiri. Mayan anapanganso zifanizo zingapo zadongo, zomwe zambiri mwazojambula, monga za pachilumba cha Jaina, chomwe chili kunyanja ya Campeche.
Pa zojambulajambula, yomwe imawonetsedwa makamaka m'makoma ndi ma keramiki, zochitika zosimba komanso zokongoletsera zophiphiritsa, zopangidwa ndi njira zosiyanasiyana. Mwa mitundu yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito, chomwe chimatchedwa "Mayan buluu" chimaonekera, chomwe chidakwaniritsidwa ndi indigo (mtundu wa masamba) wosakanizika ndi dothi, lomwe limapatsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana. Mtundu wabuluu unkayimira chopatulika kwa iwo.
Podziyimira payekha mu luso la pulasitiki, bambo wa Mayan adalongosola lingaliro lake la kukongola, ulemu ndi ukulu wa munthu, yemwe amamuwona ngati cholamulira cha chilengedwe chonse, wolimbikitsa milungu komanso, chifukwa chake za kukhalapo kwa chilengedwe chonse. M'miyala yambiri, pamwamba ndi miyala yamanda m'mizinda yayikulu yakale, mwamunayo adawonetsedwa ngati wolamulira, wapakati komanso wapamwamba pamudzimo mwa lamulo la Mulungu; Tikuwona akudziwika ndi milunguyo, atanyamula zifanizo zawo atavala, m'manja kapena mmanja mwake, monga momwe zidalembedwera ku Copán; Amawonetsedwa ngati wankhondo komanso wopambana, atanyamula zida zake ndikuchititsa manyazi omwe agonjetsedwa, monga zojambula ku Toniná komanso zojambula za Bonampak; Amawonekera ngati wopembedza milungu, ndikupereka zopereka ndikukwaniritsa miyambo yoyamba yomwe idamupanga iye kukhala shaman, komanso miyambo yopereka magazi ake ndi umuna, monga m'miyala yamanda a Las. Mitanda ya Palenque komanso pamakomo a Yaxchilán.
Timawonanso amuna wamba pazinthu zosiyanasiyana pamoyo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku, akuchita zochitika zosiyanasiyana; mu ukulu wake ndi m'masautso ake, mumkhalidwe wake wakufa, monga ziwiya zadothi ndi zokongola mafano adongo ochokera pachilumba cha Jaina. Maonekedwe aumunthu, zithunzi za amuna ena, osinthana ndi zithunzi za zinthu zopatulika komanso zizindikilo zingapo pamakachisi akachisi ndi zomangamanga zina. Ndipo m'zithunzi zonse za anthu, Amaya adakwaniritsa kuwonetsa kwawo mphamvu ndi mphamvu zawo, mphamvu yayikulu komanso kukongola kosayerekezeka, zomwe ndizodziwika bwino pazithunzi zaluso zamtsinje wa Usumacinta komanso ku Palenque. Nkhopezi zimajambulidwa ndi kukongola kofewa komanso kuphweka, kuwonetsa uzimu, moyo wamkati komanso mgwirizano ndi dziko lapansi; matupi amatenga mawonekedwe achilengedwe ndi mayendedwe ndipo pali kusamala mosamala kwa manja ndi mapazi, omwenso akuwonekera kwambiri. Chifukwa cha mikhalidwe imeneyi komanso malo apaderadera omwe kuyimilira kwaumunthu kuli nawo m'mapangidwe ake apulasitiki komanso malingaliro ake achipembedzo omwe amafotokozedwera nthano, titha kunena kuti ma Mayan anali anthu okonda zikhalidwe zapamwamba kuposa dziko laku Mesoamerica.
Chitsanzo chapadera cha lingaliro ndi chifaniziro cha munthu, komanso lingaliro la kuphatikiza komwe kumazungulira malingaliro onse a Amaya, ndi mitu yabwino kwambiri ya stucco yomwe imapezeka pansi pa Pacal's sarcophagus ku Palenque, mwina zithunzi za wolamulira ndi mkazi, yemwe adatsagana ndi mzimu wa mbuye wamkulu panjira yake yakufa.
