Nan Pa'ch ceremony

Nan Pa’ch ceremony
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country	Guatemala
Reference	863
Region	Latin America and Caribbean
Inscription history
Inscription	2013 (8th session)
List	in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

The Nan Pa'ch ceremony (also Paach ceremony) is a corn-veneration ritual celebrated in San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos in Guatemala. On December 7, 2013 UNESCO officially recognized the ceremony as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.^[1]

The ceremony gives thanks for good harvests in a ritual that highlights the close connection between humans and nature. The ritual features prayers in the Mam language as well as the dressed ceremonial corncobs.

The Paach ceremony has decreased in frequency, with some young people seeing it as irrelevant, while economic insecurity has caused some bearers to withdraw from the practice.

References

↑ "Nan Pa'ch ceremony". UNESCO. December 7, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

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