The Mayans were the first known people to live in Belize (British Honduras). Although in they are described as extinct in many academic reports, many indigenous Mayans can still be found in South West Belize, as well as other locations. I remember visiting Xunantunich Maya ruin for a high school field trip during my teens, while attending St. Hilda's College, and was astounded to see indigenous Mayans that stuck closely to their ancestral cultures and traditions. How foreign it was to see topless women washing their clothes on the rocks at the river side, and little Mayan children playing nearby.
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