Tz'utujil cultural survival

As with any long-standing cultures, the Tz'utujil are struggling to uphold their traditional culture. Since the Spanish conquest, their religion has been combining and forming almost a new religion with Catholicism. This change may be considered as they are losing their religion, but it could also be strengthening their ties. On a website based from the Tz'utujil Maya around Lake Atitlan there is a quote of what could happen. "Even more unfortunate (and stupid) is the fact 
that the most important of the rock carvings on Chuitinamit, the jaguar, was covered over with cement by the idiot who owns the land... he didn't want anybody trespassing on his land. This is a major crime against the national patrimony and will definitely be reported to the Ministry of Culture. Something needs to be done, or Chuitinamit will become just another field of rubble!" 

Chuitinamit is a main pyramid in the area, and a symbol of he Tz'utujil's past. This pyramid and the symbols such as the jaguar are very important to the culture and could disappear if nothing is done.

http://www.santiagoatitlan.com/Today/today.html

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/