A long time ago in the Ancient Mayan civilization,
There was a Queen named Ixchel, named after the Mayan goddess of the moon and the Lady of the Rainbow. Who went on a adventourous journey to find peace.Ixchel was apart of the Kitshu family of royality, because she was the King Ohmad's wife. Ixchel had three kids, two boys and one girl. Ixchel liked to weave and gather crops for her family.Ixchel liked to weave basket for gathering.
When Ixchel gathered she got all of her favorite food, maize,tomatoes salsa, and tortilla. Back then tomatoes salsa consists of toamtoes, tomatoes juice, and garden seasoning.When she sent out hunters that worked for her family, she ordered ancient maya meat customs turkey, iguana meat, armadillo, monkey and manetee.When Ixchel was not gathering or weaving, she like watch the religious ball game.
The ball game was a religious game to please the gods who they believed watched from a seperate temple.The point of the game was to get a heavy rubber ball into high ring hoops without using your hands. Since, the game was challenging, the winner had a big feast,and the loser had to be killed.
DAY ONE(evening)Part 1 Today is the day of the biggest ball game yet, everyone was going to be there, and I was so excited. The game was so great, and suspenful. So while the game was going on, i wanted to go downstairs and grab something to eat. So i go downstairs, and I'm standing in line, and a man named Sab came to talk to me. For 30 minutes Sab and I laughed and had a great time while i was waiting for my food.
Narrator
Ixchel did not know that her husband sent one of his servants to come and see what was taking so long, and spotting her talking to Sab. The faithful servant went back to king Ohmad and told him that his wife Ixchel was talking to Sab. The King yelled at the top of his lungs. "SAB!!!!!" "Yes", the servant said " Sab Bunson from the Bunson family. The king was so mad about her talking to Sab because he was from the Bunson family which was rivals with the Kitshu family over power. Back early generations the Kitshu family was about to be crowned the royal family, just then a dictataship happened. The Bunson family took over and they made everyone including the Kitshu family to do hard, manual labor. After a few months Ohmad grandad summoned the Bunson king to the religious ball game. After a long game Ohmad grandad won and their king was killed and the family was forced to leave the throne.The Kitshu family was rightfully crowned. Since then, the two families has been rivals ever since. The king was furious that he went home to calm down. The servant who was told to check on Ixchel, told the kings other servants that Queen Ixchel had been flirting with king Ohmads rival Sab. The rumor started spreading all over the stadium.
DAY ONE(evening) Part 2
So i finally got my food and said goodbye to Sab. when i went ot go sit down, my husband had left. I was walking around trying to ask somebody what happened, and somebody told me that king Ohmad left because his wife was flirting with his rival. I was panicing,and i started to run home. I knew that Ohmad was going to be furious with me. So while I was running home I had to devise a plan.
Narrator
She had to devise a plan because in the mayan culture, they believe marriage is a rare thing and very essential, so if a partner did something wrong that partner will be excuted, and the other companion has to find another partner immediately.
DAY ONE(night) Part 3
I got it!!!First, I was going to sneak into the palaces backdoor. Second, I was going to grab all of my stuff Icould carry. And third I was going to take a train down (where the olmecs live?), and then walk 3 miles to south peru where a airport was. Finally, I was going to fly to Ancient Rome and start a new life there. I knew this would be very hard on the kids, once they found out their mother abandon them. But I knew it was the only way out from..........Death. When I got to the house, conviently Ohmad was sittting on the balcony drinking whiskey to calm his nerves. I tip-toed all the way to her closet and grabed my stuff and I opened the silver safe and took all the money, then darted toward the back door.
Narrator
Ixchel felt really bad because she knew she should not run, but it was the only way to save herself, from being executed. She knew that in the Mayan culure, that Mayans respected women, and highly respected royal women. Women could participate in politcs, fares, and sports. She also knew women were considered strong people, because they kept the house together, took care of the kids, and was a faithful wife to their partner. She wished that the Mayan culture was not so strict on women, because in the culture a women has to have kids, and has to be married in order to have kids. So, when Ixchel got to the train station she was crying , but she could not turn back. So she kept going,and she took no chance and dashed on the train ......................
DAY TWO(morning)Part 1
After a long train ride,the train was coming to a stop in Cuzco, Peru. And i was exhuasted.However, Cuzco was the center of the ancient iInca civilization. When i got off the train this place was so different and wierd. People were wearing tons of clorthing, and bowl-shaped things on top of their heads.This setting was very unfamiliar to me. But i didnt care I would not be here for long.
DAY TWO(afternoon) Part 2
I walked out from the train station. I was straving. So i asked a random lady were was the nearest restaurant and she said that she was just going to get a bite to eat, and if i wanted to come with her. I said yes, i could not take a chance trying to search for somewhere t eat on my own, i was wayyyyy to hungry. After we got seated in the restaurant we had a nice long chat,and we learned things about each other. her named was Sue. Sue had nice dark hair, look like she was 30 and she was very nice.
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Ixchel and Sue talked for about 4 hours. when they were getting ready to leave it was night time. IXchel knew she had no where toi go so she asked Sue can she crash at her place and Sue did not hesitate to say yes. Ixchel and Sue walked to Sue's nice red and white striped house.
DAY TWO(night) Part 3
When we went inside Sue's house it had typical furniture and it was an okay house. I noticed that they had similar architect styles as my culture. She showed me into the guest room, and told me to make myself a home. I was going to wake up 6'o clock in the morning to start my trail. First, i would find a information booth, and get a map then start my 3 mile walk. But for right now I am way to tired to do anymore writing..... Narrator Ixchel woke up the next day refreshed and she was in a hurry. Ixchel knew that by now Ohmad most likely sent people out to find Ixchel. So she never wasted any time. She brushed her teeth and she gathered all of her stuff and she tip-toed out of sue house. DAY THREE(morning) Part 1 As soon as i left the house, i went into the city to get a map. I got a map from this small, red information booth. When i read the map i already walked one mile of my 3 mile walk to south peru. From the train station, to the restuarant, then to Sue's house was at least one mile. Today, the streets were crowded, I found out later that it was because it was the national holiday to honor Incan emperor Pachacuti,a nd everything he has done.
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Narrator The day that everyone worships the emperor for everything he has done they are worshiping reciprocity, which is the idea that everypart of the incan civilization is equal to one another. For example, if north peru gatherered fruits, And Middle peru gatherered vegetables,and South peru hunted animals. Everybody would come together to split everything into thirds because emperor Pachacuti wanted everybody to be equal and have the same thing that other parts of peru had, even if their type of land wouldnot let them. He also wanted nobody to be richer than anyone else, and he wanted everyone to know that the king was still the richest man out of the whole empire.
DAY THREE(afternoon) Part 2
I was making good time, so i decided to stop and get something to eat. I spent ten minutes in teh restuarant. And then i started back walking.
DAY THREE(night) Part 3
I thought i was going to be alone walking at night. But i was not the festival was going on until the next day. So i was not alone. When i was walking the nice elderly women stop me and asked me why i was in such a rush and i told her i was trying to get to the airport in south peru. She said "you should come celebrate with me and my family it would be fun". I said " im sorry but i am in a sorta rush".Then, she siad" i make to you a deal, if you stay and celebrate with me, then tommorrow morning i will drive you down to the south peru airport". I could not refuse that offer so, i put my bag down and started to meet her family, it turned out that they were really nice. We were having a great time, and we were dancing, and eating Incan dishes like boiled quinoa which basically is a type of bread or lupine which basically is a potato. Also, the Incan armie performed a ceremonial dance to honor the emperor. After a few hour the elderly lady was ready to go to her house and she said i could sleep their for the night and at 11'o clock in the morning she would drive me to the airport.
Narrator
When the lady showed Ixchel to her guest room, Ixchel was so tired that she locked the door and went straight to sleep. At 10:30am Ixchel woke up and she took a bath and put on a pair of clean clothes, and she went to the kitchen. Their the ederley lady cook Ixchel a hearty breakfast. When Ixchel was eating, she remembered that she had not eaten since yesterday afternoon. so she was really hungry.
DAY FOUR(morning) Part 1
After i was done eating breakfast the elderly women said she was ready to take me to the airport. So we got in her car and were on our ways. The Car ride was about 45 minutes, and i had fallen asleep twice on the way.
DAY FOUR(afternoon) Part 2
When we finally arrived to the airpot it was the afternoon. Before i said my goodbyes to the lady i gave her one-hundred dollars of the money I took from the safe. Then, i said goodbye. I was kinda sad, about leaving Peru because i met some nice people, and i had a lot of fun here.But, I could not hesistate my paln was going to leave so I hurried into my plane, and i took a seat by a window. I was finally leaving meso-america for good.
Narrator
When the plane finally landed it was about 4'o clock,and Ixchel got off the plane, and looked at this magnificent, new city were she was going to be living. Ixchel caught a taxi and told the drivier to take her to a hotel in the center of the civilization.
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DAY FOUR(later that afternoon) Part 3
After I got settled in my hotel room, I decided that for now I was just going to hangout around city and make friends, and know where everything is, just to get used to a new enviromnet.
Narrator
After two weeks of getting to know the new city. Ixchel decided she needed to get a job to support herself. So she decided to make a book about her crazy adventure call the DIARY OF IXCHEL.
WORK CITED
1. beans, grinding toasted cacao, sometimes with parched corn, and then mixing the powder with water. This was beeaten with a. "TheFood Timeline--Aztec, Maya & Inca foods." Food Timeline: food history & vintage recipes . N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2010. <http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmaya.html>.
Prolouge:
A long time ago in the Ancient Mayan civilization,
There was a Queen named Ixchel, named after the Mayan goddess of the moon and the Lady of the Rainbow. Who went on a adventourous journey to find peace.Ixchel was apart of the Kitshu family of royality, because she was the King Ohmad's wife. Ixchel had three kids, two boys and one girl. Ixchel liked to weave and gather crops for her family.Ixchel liked to weave basket for gathering.
When Ixchel gathered she got all of her favorite food, maize,tomatoes salsa, and tortilla. Back then tomatoes salsa consists of toamtoes, tomatoes juice, and garden seasoning.When she sent out hunters that worked for her family, she ordered ancient maya meat customs turkey, iguana meat, armadillo, monkey and manetee.When Ixchel was not gathering or weaving, she like watch the religious ball game.
The ball game was a religious game to please the gods who they believed watched from a seperate temple.The point of the game was to get a heavy rubber ball into high ring hoops without using your hands. Since, the game was challenging, the winner had a big feast,and the loser had to be killed.
DAY ONE(evening)Part 1
Today is the day of the biggest ball game yet, everyone was going to be there, and I was so excited. The game was so great, and suspenful. So while the game was going on, i wanted to go downstairs and grab something to eat. So i go downstairs, and I'm standing in line, and a man named Sab came to talk to me. For 30 minutes Sab and I laughed and had a great time while i was waiting for my food.
Narrator
Ixchel did not know that her husband sent one of his servants to come and see what was taking so long, and spotting her talking to Sab. The faithful servant went back to king Ohmad and told him that his wife Ixchel was talking to Sab. The King yelled at the top of his lungs. "SAB!!!!!" "Yes", the servant said " Sab Bunson from the Bunson family. The king was so mad about her talking to Sab because he was from the Bunson family which was rivals with the Kitshu family over power. Back early generations the Kitshu family was about to be crowned the royal family, just then a dictataship happened. The Bunson family took over and they made everyone including the Kitshu family to do hard, manual labor. After a few months Ohmad grandad summoned the Bunson king to the religious ball game. After a long game Ohmad grandad won and their king was killed and the family was forced to leave the throne.The Kitshu family was rightfully crowned. Since then, the two families has been rivals ever since. The king was furious that he went home to calm down. The servant who was told to check on Ixchel, told the kings other servants that Queen Ixchel had been flirting with king Ohmads rival Sab. The rumor started spreading all over the stadium.
DAY ONE(evening) Part 2
So i finally got my food and said goodbye to Sab. when i went ot go sit down, my husband had left. I was walking around trying to ask somebody what happened, and somebody told me that king Ohmad left because his wife was flirting with his rival. I was panicing,and i started to run home. I knew that Ohmad was going to be furious with me. So while I was running home I had to devise a plan.
Narrator
She had to devise a plan because in the mayan culture, they believe marriage is a rare thing and very essential, so if a partner did something wrong that partner will be excuted, and the other companion has to find another partner immediately.
DAY ONE(night) Part 3
I got it!!!First, I was going to sneak into the palaces backdoor. Second, I was going to grab all of my stuff Icould carry. And third I was going to take a train down (where the olmecs live?), and then walk 3 miles to south peru where a airport was. Finally, I was going to fly to Ancient Rome and start a new life there. I knew this would be very hard on the kids, once they found out their mother
abandon them. But I knew it was the only way out from..........Death. When I got to the house, conviently Ohmad was sittting on the balcony drinking whiskey to calm his nerves. I tip-toed all the way to her closet and grabed my stuff and I opened the silver safe and took all the money, then darted toward the back door.
Narrator
Ixchel felt really bad because she knew she should not run, but it was the only way to save herself, from being executed. She knew that in the Mayan culure, that Mayans respected women, and highly respected royal women. Women could participate in politcs, fares, and sports. She also knew women were considered strong people, because they kept the house together, took care of the kids, and was a faithful wife to their partner. She wished that the Mayan culture was not so strict on women, because in the culture a women has to have kids, and has to be married in order to have kids. So, when Ixchel got to the train station she was crying , but she could not turn back. So she kept going,and she took no chance and dashed on the train
......................
DAY TWO(morning)Part 1
After a long train ride,the train was coming to a stop in Cuzco, Peru. And i was exhuasted.However, Cuzco was the center of the ancient iInca civilization. When i got off the train this place was so different and wierd. People were wearing tons of clorthing, and bowl-shaped things on top of their heads.This setting was very unfamiliar to me. But i didnt care I would not be here for long.
DAY TWO(afternoon) Part 2
I walked out from the train station. I was straving. So i asked a random lady were was the nearest restaurant and she said that she was just going to get a bite to eat, and if i wanted to come with her. I said yes, i could not take a chance trying to search for somewhere t eat on my own, i was wayyyyy to hungry. After we got seated in the restaurant we had a nice long chat,and we learned things about each other. her named was Sue. Sue had nice dark hair, look like she was 30 and she was very nice.
Ixchel and Sue talked for about 4 hours. when they were getting ready to leave it was night time. IXchel knew she had no where toi go so she asked Sue can she crash at her place and Sue did not hesitate to say yes. Ixchel and Sue walked to Sue's nice red and white striped house.
DAY TWO(night) Part 3
When we went inside Sue's house it had typical furniture and it was an okay house. I noticed that they had similar architect styles as my culture. She showed me into the guest room, and told me to make myself a home. I was going to wake up 6'o clock in the morning to start my trail. First, i would find a information booth, and get a map then start my 3 mile walk. But for right now I am way to tired to do anymore writing.....
Narrator
Ixchel woke up the next day refreshed and she was in a hurry. Ixchel knew that by now Ohmad most likely sent people out to find Ixchel. So she never wasted any time. She brushed her teeth and she gathered all of her stuff and she tip-toed out of sue house.
DAY THREE(morning) Part 1
As soon as i left the house, i went into the city to get a map. I got a map from this small, red information booth. When i read the map i already walked one mile of my 3 mile walk to south peru. From the train station, to the restuarant, then to Sue's house was at least one mile. Today, the streets were crowded, I found out later that it was because it was the national holiday to honor Incan emperor Pachacuti,a nd everything he has done.
The day that everyone worships the emperor for everything he has done they are worshiping reciprocity, which is the idea that everypart of the incan civilization is equal to one another. For example, if north peru gatherered fruits, And Middle peru gatherered vegetables,and South peru hunted animals. Everybody would come together to split everything into thirds because emperor Pachacuti wanted everybody to be equal and have the same thing that other parts of peru had, even if their type of land wouldnot let them. He also wanted nobody to be richer than anyone else, and he wanted everyone to know that the king was still the richest man out of the whole empire.
DAY THREE(afternoon) Part 2
I was making good time, so i decided to stop and get something to eat. I spent ten minutes in teh restuarant. And then i started back walking.
DAY THREE(night) Part 3
I thought i was going to be alone walking at night. But i was not the festival was going on until the next day. So i was not alone. When i was walking the nice elderly women stop me and asked me why i was in such a rush and i told her i was trying to get to the airport in south peru. She said "you should come celebrate with me and my family it would be fun". I said " im sorry but i am in a sorta rush".Then, she siad" i make to you a deal, if you stay and celebrate with me, then tommorrow morning i will drive you down to the south peru airport". I could not refuse that offer so, i put my bag down and started to meet her family, it turned out that they were really nice. We were having a great time, and we were dancing, and eating Incan dishes like boiled quinoa which basically is a type of bread or lupine which basically is a potato. Also, the Incan armie performed a ceremonial dance to honor the emperor. After a few hour the elderly lady was ready to go to her house and she said i could sleep their for the night and at 11'o clock in the morning she would drive me to the airport.
Narrator
When the lady showed Ixchel to her guest room, Ixchel was so tired that she locked the door and went straight to sleep. At 10:30am Ixchel woke up and she took a bath and put on a pair of clean clothes, and she went to the kitchen. Their the ederley lady cook Ixchel a hearty breakfast. When Ixchel was eating, she remembered that she had not eaten since yesterday afternoon. so she was really hungry.
DAY FOUR(morning) Part 1
After i was done eating breakfast the elderly women said she was ready to take me to the airport. So we got in her car and were on our ways. The Car ride was about 45 minutes, and i had fallen asleep twice on the way.
DAY FOUR(afternoon) Part 2
When we finally arrived to the airpot it was the afternoon. Before i said my goodbyes to the lady i gave her one-hundred dollars of the money I took from the safe. Then, i said goodbye. I was kinda sad, about leaving Peru because i met some nice people, and i had a lot of fun here.But, I could not hesistate my paln was going to leave so I hurried into my plane, and i took a seat by a window. I was finally leaving meso-america for good.
Narrator
When the plane finally landed it was about 4'o clock,and Ixchel got off the plane, and looked at this magnificent, new city were she was going to be living. Ixchel caught a taxi and told the drivier to take her to a hotel in the center of the civilization.
DAY FOUR(later that afternoon) Part 3
After I got settled in my hotel room, I decided that for now I was just going to hangout around city and make friends, and know where everything is, just to get used to a new enviromnet.
Narrator
After two weeks of getting to know the new city. Ixchel decided she needed to get a job to support herself. So she decided to make a book about her crazy adventure call the DIARY OF IXCHEL.
WORK CITED
1.
beans, grinding toasted cacao, sometimes with parched corn, and then mixing the powder with water. This was beeaten with a. "TheFood Timeline--Aztec, Maya & Inca foods." Food Timeline: food history & vintage recipes . N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2010. <http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmaya.html>.
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