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The Impressionist of Belize

The Impressionist of Belize | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

Art, culture, history; all easily found here in Cayo.  Been to Handprint Cave yet?  Nat Geo has a great picture of it.  Joe Awe wrote an entertaining article about it.  He's also written about the Maya in regards to rain water and corn.  Keep up the great articles, Joe.


"In Belize, one of the most amazing pieces was not on canvas.  It was on the walls of a cave. Interestingly, the Hand Print Cave, which gets its name from the tremendous pieces an artist with no name etched on a wall of the cave.  By all means, this was a masterpiece!  The nerve-wrecking imagination within this person to even conceptualise an image which he or she would take out of his or her imagination to put somewhere else deserves a standing ovation."

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Handprint Cave and Actun Tunichil Muknal

Handprint Cave and Actun Tunichil Muknal | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

Great review of a day at ATM with archaeology instructor Sherry Gibbs.

 

"This was hands down my favourite part of my entire trip. This was a completely unreal and amazing experience. I felt things that were beyond my imagination...  Sherry Gibbs was my favourite professor at Galen University as well; so hanging out with her for the day was awesome...  We hiked to Handprint Cave first, and that was really cool. It’s hard to imagine a giant skull looking out over the jungle. But that’s exactly what it looks like if you had the means to cut down all the overgrowth that covers it now. I thought the painted hands littering the cave walls were even more interesting. It really left an interesting mark on that specific ceremonial center. Mrs. Gibbs talked about so many different functions that may have gone on in that cave. She showed us where pots were found and she discussed how looters were still trying to carve the hand prints off."

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