Slovenski etnografski muzej

From their first encounters with the European conquerors the Maya showed their distrust of all things foreign and different. The colonial revolts against the Spanish rule and the intrusion of European Christian culture continued throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and into the present. They have taken the form of socio-religious movements, colonial revolts, the 19th century Caste War, and the present pan-Maya movement for cultural independence.