Guatemala, April 11, 2026- La Ruta Maya was invited by the Cultural Promotion Unit of Iglesia Vieja de Chiquimula and the Centro Universitario de Oriente (CUNORI) to participate in the Ch’ortí Music Festival.
Video Credits: Ana Cristina Lobos
The event featured the participation of musicians from the Cofradía of Santiago Visitador, coming from the Ch’ortí mountains, who shared their musical tradition using flutes and “cajas” (membrane instruments), which accompany the most significant ritual manifestations within their worldview.
Credits: Victor José Lobos
Credits: Victor José Lobos
Representing the Foundation, Sofía Paredes Maury (Director & Curator) and Gianluca Buratti (Assistant Archaeologist to the Director and the Technical Unit) arrived in Chiquimula with a selection of thirteen (13) Pre-Columbian wind and percussion instruments to show to the public.
The wind instruments included one polyglobular flute, three ocarinas, four whistle figurines, and a conch shell trumpet. The percussion instruments consisted of one membranophone (a goblet-shaped ceramic drum) and three idiophones (a rattle with an anthropomorphic face, a wooden tun or teponaztli carved in the shape of a human figure, and a ceramic rattle with a handle).
Photo Credits: Gianluca Buratti y Victor Hugo Lobos
The presentation took place outdoors at the Iglesia Vieja de Chiquimula under the coordination of Lic. Víctor Hugo Lobos of the Cultural Promotion Unit of the same name. The program alternated between musical performances by members of the Ch’ortí Cofradía of Santiago Visitador and historical explanations and anecdotes presented by Professor Lobos, together with interpretative explanations by La Ruta Maya regarding the characteristics and ancestral use of Pre-Columbian instruments.
Photo Credits: Gianluca Buratti y Victor Hugo Lobos
The event attracted an audience of diverse ages and sectors, including students from the Instituto Normal de Señoritas de Oriente (INSO), representatives of local Community Development Committees (COCODES), faculty and students from CUNORI, representatives of the Association of Storytellers of Zacapa (AZCCA), local business leaders from Chiquimula, and members of the media.
Through this event, La Ruta Maya Foundation consolidated “Outreach” as its new activity within its Education and Public Engagement.
Guatemala, April 11, 2026- La Ruta Maya was invited by the Cultural Promotion Unit of Iglesia Vieja de Chiquimula and the Centro Universitario de Oriente (CUNORI) to participate in the Ch’ortí Music Festival.
Video Credits: Ana Cristina Lobos
The event featured the participation of musicians from the Cofradía of Santiago Visitador, coming from the Ch’ortí mountains, who shared their musical tradition using flutes and “cajas” (membrane instruments), which accompany the most significant ritual manifestations within their worldview.
Credits: Victor José Lobos
Credits: Victor José Lobos
Representing the Foundation, Sofía Paredes Maury (Director & Curator) and Gianluca Buratti (Assistant Archaeologist to the Director and the Technical Unit) arrived in Chiquimula with a selection of thirteen (13) Pre-Columbian wind and percussion instruments to show to the public.
The wind instruments included one polyglobular flute, three ocarinas, four whistle figurines, and a conch shell trumpet. The percussion instruments consisted of one membranophone (a goblet-shaped ceramic drum) and three idiophones (a rattle with an anthropomorphic face, a wooden tun or teponaztli carved in the shape of a human figure, and a ceramic rattle with a handle).
Photo Credits: Gianluca Buratti y Victor Hugo Lobos
The presentation took place outdoors at the Iglesia Vieja de Chiquimula under the coordination of Lic. Víctor Hugo Lobos of the Cultural Promotion Unit of the same name. The program alternated between musical performances by members of the Ch’ortí Cofradía of Santiago Visitador and historical explanations and anecdotes presented by Professor Lobos, together with interpretative explanations by La Ruta Maya regarding the characteristics and ancestral use of Pre-Columbian instruments.
Photo Credits: Gianluca Buratti y Victor Hugo Lobos
The event attracted an audience of diverse ages and sectors, including students from the Instituto Normal de Señoritas de Oriente (INSO), representatives of local Community Development Committees (COCODES), faculty and students from CUNORI, representatives of the Association of Storytellers of Zacapa (AZCCA), local business leaders from Chiquimula, and members of the media.
Through this event, La Ruta Maya Foundation consolidated “Outreach” as its new activity within its Education and Public Engagement.
Credits: Narciso Marcos, TV Azteca Guatemala
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