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The Mayas loved music and dance. They had over 5,000 dances. Dancing was a huge part of religious ceremonies. Musicians played wooden flutes and trumpets made from wood, seashells, or clay, and drums made from turtle shells. |
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The Maya had a ball game called Pok-A-Tok. It was played on an odd shaped field. The object of the game was to move a hard rubber ball without the use of hands or feet. The losing team was usually sacrificed. |
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It is known that the Mayas enjoyed chocolate. They had it in many forms from a frothy drink to a pulpy mush.The Mayas referred to chocolate as "The Drink of the Gods." They had other food such as cornmeal, maize, black beans, roasted meat, rabbit stew, turkey and meat. |
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"a" is "ah"
"x" is "sh" |
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Maya words were in hieroglyphs, each picture with its own meaning. Unlike other ancient central American civilizations, the Maya could write in full sentences and even stories. A story could be made by drawing several pictures together. The Maya covered their cities and buildings with hieroglyphs carved into the stone. Most Mayas could read some hieroglyphs although priests and nobles were probably the only people who knew the whole language. Maya also wrote in books made out of the soft inner bark of a type of fig tree. They would take one strip of bark and fold it over and over to make pages. The Maya would write with quills made from turkey feathers. |
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The Mayas wore many different forms of jewelry. The most common was jade. Jade was worn in beads, earrings, and ear spools. Jade was also one of the materials that the Mayas traded. The Mayas also wore gold. |
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