トームさんのインスタグラム写真 - (トームInstagram)「#Treehugging is an ancient concept, rooted (Geddit) in mutual respect. The Maya practiced it for multiple benefits. So told us JESUS, our guide, who is a conservationist specializing in the 110 remaining Jaguar 🐆 that live in the protected jungle surrounding the ruins of #Yaxchilan an ancient Maya city located on the bank of the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. In the Late Classic Period Yaxchilan was one of the most powerful Maya states along the course of the #UsumacintaRiver. (Slide 2) . He is a descendant of these people and speaks #Ch’ol one of the 7 languages of the #Chiapas #Mayans (there used to be up to 95 #Mayan languages in the area) . The language of trees is universal and sacred to the #Mayanpeople. For the #Maya, trees were essential for life, they had a profound respect for them, and they attributed religious and cosmological qualities to them. Today many are still considered sacred. The legends and customs that circulate around trees are a lasting part of the culture till this day. One of the most important trees is the ceiba, or yaxché, a sacred tree to the Maya, symbolizing life and fertility. They relate it to the three cosmic planes: its great height relates to the heavens, its trunk and foliage to the earth, and its deep roots to the underworld. @alexsikkema is standing in front of a 500 year old 🌲 in slide 3 . Slide 6: #SpiderMonkeys playing while #HowlerMonkeys terrify us all . Slide 7: one of 4 crocodiles 🐊 we spotted em route along the #Mexico #Guatemala border . Slide 8: a frog 🐸」10月18日 0時26分