Janferie Stoneinterior. See Kay Warren ( 1998 , 12 – 18 ) for a presentation of contemporary Maya commu-
nities (K iche , Tzeltal, Q anjob al, and others), and of the indigenous movement pro-
moting a global identity to unify efforts in a general struggle against racism, marginaliza-
tion, and poverty.
2. John Watanabe called such a matrix of practices an instance of a “recombinant syn-
cretism” that conventionalizes the historically emergent social identities of communities
(Watanabe 1990 , 145 – 146 ).
3. The un-appointed Commission for Historical Clarification (ceh) estimates that the
number of persons who have been killed or who have disappeared as a result of the fratri-
cidal confrontation exceeds 200 , 000. ceh documented unspeakable atrocities: murder, mu-
tilation, rape, torture and held the Guatemalan state responsible for acts of genocide against
Mayan communities. See http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/report/english/toc.html.