The End of a 25,920 Year Cycle

The Cosmic Alignment of our Solar System with the Milky Way

Join us on our December 13th-22nd trip to Mayan World. The trip will conclude at the Copan Ruinas on December 21st, where you will have the opportunity to learn about and to celebrate the Maya ‘dawning of a new era’. First, you will visit our five Maya projects on an exclusive tour in Guatemala, and learn about their plans to build agri-processing enterprises for natural and healthy products. You will learn about their goal to join and contribute to a world community of socially conscious people that want to eliminate poverty and environmental degradation in rural regions around the world. If you can’t join us on our trip, be sure to support our endeavor by joining the ‘Maya Global Tree of Life’.

Sakapulas Black Salt

Black Salt production is thought to have been a part of the Maya Culture dating back to the early days of its 5,140 history. Sometime around 1560, the Spaniards reported that this Sakapulas community had been extracting salt from the lands along the river. The salt is actually drawn from the earth by spreading special soil and wetting it. On productive days the salt can be baked several times until it turns black. The black salt is thought to be tastier, and is famed for its medicinal qualities in treating stomach and eye problems. Maya Global is working to uncover more of the original Salinas. Currently, a wall is needed to protect the area from flooding.

Reducing Poverty and Improving Environments

Imagine the health benefits the Maya Black Salt would bring to health conscious consumers! It will be a featured product in the Global Online Store that Maya Global 2012 is helping to build, which will be filled with healthy and natural products. It is the Maya of Sacapulas, descendants of the Ahau Canil, who carry on and preserve the Sacapulas identity and are the salt makers that enjoy the rights to the salt sources. It is only the people from the barrio of San Sebastian that own kitchens and sections of the playa along the river. Today, both women and men work and share in the salt production. But they are greatly limited due to flooding of the river, which prevents them from accessing the salt sources along the river. Their needs are great to reverse a state of poverty and poor health. Their only opportunity is to have access to funds to build an infrastructure for the reliable production of the Maya Black Salt, and access to a sustainable marketplace for this very healthy and tasty natural product.