Baktun: The First Telenovela Made By Mayans, For Mayans

By Fox News Latino

Mayans in Mexico will soon be able to watch a telenovela of their very own, complete with Mayan actors, the Mayan language and a plotline that mirrors Mayan culture.

It’s not unheard of for Mayans to watch the notoriously dramatic soap operas that flood the Latin American airwaves – in fact, it’s quite common. But Baktun is the first telenovela they can enjoy that shows what life is really like for them.

“We wanted to show you could still be proudly Mayan even in this modern world with mass media and digital communication,” Baktun’s producer and director Bruno Cárcamo told the New York Times. “Telenovelas are popular in the Mayan communities, too, but they are not presented in their language or their reality.”

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