Dr. Barrett will talk about Maya understandings of the dead, funerary practices, and ways of communicating with the ancestors, and then discuss the emergence of rock and hip hop music performed in Mayan languages and the ways they emphasize the ancestors in their music.
El Dr. Barrett explicará como los Mayas se comunican con sus ancestros, las prácticas funerarias que los mayas tienen y sus pensamientos en cuando a los muertos. También hablará sobre como los ancestros tienen un rol en la inspiración de la música Maya y como el rock y hip hop ha influenciado a esta cultura.
Screening of the new one-hour documentary “Davis Bottom: Rare History, Valuable Lives.” Discover the remarkable history of Davis Bottom, a diverse, tight-knit, working class neighborhood established near downtown Lexington after the Civil War. A production of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey and the Kentucky Heritage Council. Dr. David Pollack, Director, Kentucky Archaeological Survey and Tom Law and Tom Law, Producer, Voyageur Media Group.
