A Mayan Ceremony in Guatemala Honors Nobel Winner Miguel Ángel Asturias as His Ashes Return Home
The ceremony marked the writer’s return from France, with his ashes to lie in state before interment and a public tribute to his legacy.
- A Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juy archaeological site paid tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Asturias on Saturday, whose ashes returned to Guatemala from France this week after decades abroad.
- Asturias went into exile following a 1954 coup led by Gen Carlos Castillo Armas, who stripped him of Guatemalan citizenship; the author later died in Madrid seven years after receiving the Nobel Prize.
- Offering prayers over the 32-kilogram green jade urn, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Mench Tum honored the writer, who is celebrated for his literary work but also faced past accusations of racism regarding his college thesis.
- His son, Asturias Amado, expressed hope that the arrival would serve to unite Guatemala, as the remains lie in state at the National Palace through Saturday for public tribute.
- On Sunday, the ashes will be interred at a monument within the Asturias Cultural Center, marking the final chapter in the return of the Nobel Prize-winning author to his home country.
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A Mayan ceremony in Guatemala honors Nobel winner Miguel Angel Asturias as his ashes return home
A Mayan ceremony held Saturday at an archaeological site in Guatemala's capital paid tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Miguel Angel Asturias, whose ashes returned to his Central American country this week after decades abroad.
The ritual, presided over by the Ajq’ijab’ (Mayan spiritual guides), took place in Kaminaljuyú, west of the Guatemalan capital. Asturias’s ashes arrived at the site within a corn grain urn and were placed on a small wooden table with wheels. “Today we are celebrating something extraordinary (...) not only its eternal presence in Guatemala, but its eternal presence in the world because it was a universal man,” said the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winn…
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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — A Mayan ceremony held Saturday at an archaeological site in Guatemala’s capital paid tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Miguel Ángel Asturias, whose ashes returned to his Central American country this week after decades abroad. The ritual at the Kaminal Juyú site brought together the writer’s family and special guests, including...
A Mayan ceremony in Guatemala honors Nobel winner Miguel Ángel Asturia
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — A Mayan ceremony held Saturday at an archaeological site in Guatemala’s capital paid tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Miguel Ángel Asturias, whose ashes returned to his Central American country this week after
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