Beauty was a very important part of the Mayan Culture. Though beauty through the Mayans eyes was very different from todays definiton of the the word. To make their heads longer, Mayan babies were squeezed between two pieces of wood. Another thing they did was to break their nose and reshape it, to give it a more hooked shape (Stuart 34). Body peircing and body painting was another big part of how the mayans looked. Most Mayans were tanned and had black hair and eyes. Both men and women had long hair which was braided into two or four braids. They wore very little clothing but, it it was very decorative, with the fanciest peice of clothing being headdresses worn by nobles. Their bodies were painted differently according to tradition and occasion. Priest wore blue, warriors wore red and black, and teenager wore white. (Morley 223).
Morley, Sylvanus G. The Ancient Maya. Stanford University, CA:
Stanford University Press, 1946.
Stuart, George The Mysterious Maya. Washington, D.C.:
The National Geographic Society, 1977.
Morley, Sylvanus G. The Ancient Maya. Stanford University, CA:
Stanford University Press, 1946.
Stuart, George The Mysterious Maya. Washington, D.C.:
The National Geographic Society, 1977.
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