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Acerca del uso de algunos bioindicadores utilizados en el xook k’iin
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Julián Dzul, Abrahán Colli

Como es consabido, el xook k’iin —“leer/contar los días”, en idioma maya peninsular o yucateco— es una técnica de previsión de futuro que adecua las tareas del ciclo de la milpa en tiempo y forma dados por una serie de predicciones meteorológicas. 

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Yucatán: un ecosistema vulnerable entre amenazas y esperanzas
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Rodrigo Llanes Salazar

Resumen: En este texto se ofrece una visión panorámica del contexto histórico, sociocultural y ambiental en el que se desarrollan algunos de los principales megaproyectos que amenazan el patrimonio biocultural del pueblo maya de Yucatán y en particular el Xok k’iin. Yucatán es un ecosistema muy vulnerable a la contaminación del agua subterránea y a los efectos del cambio climático, fenómenos que ponen en riesgo los conocimientos y prácticas tradicionales de las comunidades mayas. Finalmente, se señalan experiencias recientes de defensa del patrimonio biocultural. 

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XOOK K’IIN
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Pedro Uc Be
Image: Haizel de la Cruz
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Los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo: una clave para la crisis climática
El caso del Xook K´iin y la milpa del pueblo maya
Tania Eulalia Martínez Cruz, Carolina Camacho Villa, Alejandro Ramírez López, Matías Hoil Tzuc
Matías Hoil Tzuc
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Yucatán: A Vulnerable Ecosystem
Caught between Hopes and Threats
Rodrigo Llanes Salazar
Cenote in Yucatan
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Abstract: This text offers a broad overview of the historical, socio-cultural and environmental context in which some of the main megaprojects threatening the biocultural heritage of the Maya people of Yucatán were developed, among them the Xok k’iin. Yucatán’s ecosystem is susceptible to groundwater contamination as well as the effects of climate change, and these phenomena put the traditional practices and knowledge of the Maya community at risk. Finally, I outline some recent examples of how biocultural heritage has been successfully defended.

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Indigenous Peoples of the Earth as a Possible Key to Solving the Climate Crisis
The Example of the Xook K'iin and the Milpa
Tania Eulalia Martínez Cruz, Carolina Camacho Villa, Alejandro Ramírez López, Matías Hoil Tzuc

For years, Indigenous Peoples have demonstrated that they are experts in adaptation and resilience. 470 million people worldwide belong to Indigenous Peoples, they live in seven sociocultural regions, and although they make up only six percent of the earth's population, they are the custodians of over 80 percent of the world's biodiversity. In the face of centuries of discrimination and marginalization, the key to their survival lies in their holistic understanding of the world: in how they focus on nature and knowledge of their territories, cycles and temporalities. One example are the Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula, who have survived for more than 3,000 years in a region where they are exposed to different extreme weather events.

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XOOK K’IIN
Text in Yucatec Maya
Pedro Uc Be

Kex tumen ich kastláan contar días u na’atale’, maya Xook K’iine’ ma’ jump’éel nu’ukuli’, mix jump’éel u ju’unil nu’ukbesaji’, ba’ale’ jump’éel miaatsil wa jump’éel u kóotsol; ilbil ba’al, u’uybil ba’al wa jump’éel kuxlajeb, tumen jump’éel ba’al ku yúuchul sáansamal, láalaj áak’ab, láalaj chíinil k’iin wa láalaj ja’atskabil tu’ux ku sakaltikubaa sijnáalil, beey jump’éel otochnáalil tu’ux ku múul kuxtal jumpakab láak’tsililo’ob ku pakláan ki’imak óoltikuba’ob ti’al u utsil kuxtalo’obe’.

– Pedro Uc Be

Image: Haizel de la Cruz