Gabriela Badillo

Little Birds

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

Little Birds

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

Little Birds

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

Little Birds

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

Phonos

Cloe and her grandfather share a fondness for sounds, which they sense, admire, absorb, and catalog.

Phonos

Cloe and her grandfather share a fondness for sounds, which they sense, admire, absorb, and catalog.

El pueblo de la musica y la palma

A Ngiwa narrative about how the palm tree originated in San Felipe Otlaltepec, the Lord of Heaven gave a Ngiwa man a very special gift.

Let's Look at the Rainbow Again

Based on the traditional tale of the Kiliwa, when people gathered to celebrate and ask their gods for a good harvest.

El origen de las minas de sal de San Mateo

The Chuj tell the story of three brothers and the reason behind the origin of the largest salt mines in San Mateo.

Las manchas del ocelote

An accident with a monkey completely changes the appearance of the conceited ocelot.

Oluteco. The Dance of la Malinche

Sold by her step brothers, Malintzin serves as a translator for an spanish merchant. When visiting Tenochtitlan she is rescued by Moctezuma. The merchant, angry, charges the aztecs of robbery with Hernan Cortes, who invades the city under that excuse.

Cho'l. El origen de la vida

About earthquakes and the origin of life on Earth They say many years ago Ch'ujtiat, the Heaven's lord, created the Earth with 12 immortal men to carry it. And it is when they get tired that the Earth moves, provoking earthquakes. At the same time he created the first men, who were ungrateful, so Ch'ujtiat sent the flood and turned the survivors into monkeys, and the innocent children into starts.He then created our first parents, na'al, Ixic y Xun'Ok, who multiplied and populated the Earth.That's how life on Earth began.That's how the Ch’oles tell it.

Mayo. El origen del fuego

About the origin of fire They say many years ago every animal wanted fire, but it was on top of the highest mountain.So they suggested the frog went looking for it, he wouldn't get burn since he lived in water.It took the frog a while to get there, and when he finally grabbed a hot coal, the water on his mouth put the fire out.Then, the fox suggested the chicken should go with him so every time the fire was about to extinguish, the chicken would blow on it to rekindle the flame. They made it back but the coal fell on the tlacuache's tale, making him run scared around the mountain leaving traces of fire everywhere.Thanks to these animals we now have fire and the Tlacuache's tale looks the way we now know.That's how the Yoremes tell it.

Ayapaneco. El viento

The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

Lacandón. El origen de los aluxes

Nights at the jungles are filled with sounds, songs and laughs from the aluxes, some creatures that escaped from heaven. They can't be exposed at light, so as soon as the sun hides, they insist on building pyramids trying to get closer to where they came from.

Cuando muere una lengua

Each of the world's languages encompasses a great universe within it, and when these are lost, a vision is lost, doors and windows to different worldviews and cosmogonies are closed. Humanity is impoverished.