Getting to know Frank Tzib. This 21-year-old has already made a huge mark in the field of Maya studies. He is a glyph artist and was featured in the PBS special: “Ancient Maya Metropolis” with his recreation of the famous Komkom Vase. Frank is the Belizean “Ambassador of the Maya”. I visited with Frank for five days in June. Together, we visited the Maya sites of Xunantunich, El Pilar, Pacbitun, and Baking Pot (where archaeologists discovered pieces of the Komkom Vase). We meet the archaeologists involved in the 2022 excavations, Jaime Awe (Xunantunich and Baking Pot), Anabel Ford (El Pilar), and Terry Powis & Sheldon Skaggs (Pacbitun). In this video documentary, you can get to know Frank, his involvement with the PBS special, his artistic creations on ceramics, in wood, paintings on canvas, and his second love: slate. Frank was involved with the glyphs depicted on the special stela erected for the 40th anniversary of Belizean independence, working together with the well-known Christophe Helmke, and Sylvia Batty of Belize’s National Institute of Culture and History (NICH).
Frank helped to construct a giant thatch roof structure where his family can highlight their family out-reach program of preparing Maya food. His mother, sisters, and father prepare us a special Maya meal of Pollo Escabache, Coconut Fritters, a Tomato/Peanut garnish, fresh Lemonade, and of course, hand-made Tortillas. Frank plays three songs on the guitar, including the instrumental that runs throughout in the background of the video. Towards the end, you’ll see Frank’s presentation for this year’s American Heritage Network symposium where he teaches about Maya glyphs. You’ll be hearing a lot more about Frank Tzib in the future… Get to know him now. For a free subscription to the monthly Aztlander e-newsletter, contact yours truly, Jim Reed at mayaman@bellsouth.net. To join the Institute of Maya Studies, go to their website at: www.instituteofmayastudies.org. Please subscribe to this RU-vid channel !
4 окт 2024
