ASOCIACION QAWINAQEL

This is a video about an asociation that works so hard in order to keep cultures, traditions but mainly poqomam language.

POQOMAM PEOPLE

The Poqomam are a Maya people in Guatemala. Their indigenous language is also called Poqomam and is closely related to Poqomchi'. Notable Poqomam settlements are located in Chinautla (Guatemala (department)), Palín (Escuintla), and in San Luis Jilotepeque (Jalapa). Before the Spanish Conquest, the Poqomam had their capital at Chinautla Viejo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poqomam_language 

Who I am

Hello I am Maximo Domingo Conguache García, I am from  Palín, Escuintla Guatemala, I am perito en Mercadotecnia y publicidad, I closed the pensum profesorado en Ingles and nowadays I study Licenciatura En Enseñanza del Idioma Ingles con Énfasis en Tecnología Educativa, in Mariano Galvez University. I speak inglés, Spanish y poqoman (a maya language).

I work in  Colegio Mixto Parroquial San Cristobal as an English Teacher. And I am also a farmer.
QAWINAQEL is a word written in a maya language (pocomam) the meaning in english is "OUR PEOPLE" so, now you know what is "QAWINAQEL IS BEAUTIFUL". the objective of this blog is to show a little bit about POCOMAM PEOPLE, it`s culture, traditions, language, etc.