Had You Been Born in Another Faith: The Story of Religion As It Is Lived and Loved By Those Who Follow the Path of Their Parental Faith (Classic Reprint)

Introduction TO STAND WHERE OTHERS STAND I remember, almost to the hour, when this book was conceived. It was ten years ago on a spring morning, just before sunrise inC hichicastenango. I had arrived in this enchanted Guatemalan town late on a Wednesday night, but wakened early the next morning, forT hursday is market day when the little village springs to life. This is when the wiry, barefooted cargadores trudge in from the hills bearing crushing burdens on their bony backs, when the patient women vendors set out their various wares ceramics, vegetables, grains and when the peasant people from the hills and the valleys, each colorfully dressed in the costume of his clan, transform the ghost city of Chichi into a thriving metropolis. Curiosity about the religious practices of these people, theM aya-Q uiches, brought me before dawn to the market square. Here in the mystic light between night and day, I watched theM ayan priests, short, lithe men in black knee pants, embroidered jackets, and red tasseled headgear, fan the sacrificial fires on the pyramid-like steps of agingS anto Tomas
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