Ernesto Martínez, member of the Consejo Regional Indígena y Popular de Xpujil (CRIPX) talks about the importance of preserving the oral and cultural tradition of Indigenous Peoples, through literature.
Language or art through language is something extremely important that helps to transmit knowledge. In this case, the knowledge of the community and of elders on the richness of their culture, helps a lot to communicate about ancestral languages and what its values. Nowadays, today, indigenous youths are ceasing to speak their language, it is in disuse.
Ernesto Martínez