Wuqu' Kawoq House

These are the steps up to the house from the front door.

This is where we wash the dishes. In the basin to the far left, you wash the dirty dishes and rinse them with the "clean" water in the middle, which we call the pila. To the far right is where you leave them to dry.

This means "bathroom" in Kaqchikel. It technically means the ear of the house because all of the parts of the house are related to the parts of the body.

This is the view from our house out over the mountains. Although you can't see it very well from this picture, there is a volcano just out across the horizon that is absolutely beautiful.

For my first two weeks in Guatemala, I will be staying in the Wuqu' Kawoq house here in Santiago Sacatepéquez. Wuqu' Kawoq is an organization that promotes ethnolinguistics and ethnomedicine in the Highlands of Guatemala, providing medical care for the Kaqchikel Mayan communities in the area.

Here are some pictures of the house that I am living in along with the other students in the course. All in all, there are 11 people here, so it has been a lot of fun getting to know everyone.