2. How was a lienzo displayed?

Traditionally, marketplaces have been the place to gather to hear the latest community news.

People from across the region still gather on market days in the K’iche’ town of Chichicastenango.

Visitors to the UFM exhibit hear the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan’s stories told once again.

The display of a lienzo was always an important public event that included a storyteller who would narrate the story about the people and places painted on the cloth. Lienzos and their narrations were fundamental to the way that the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica recorded and communicated their history.