Festival Maya del Área de la Bahía is a Bay Area Maya Festival, a one-day event held on the Mission Campus of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), shares the ancient knowledge and contemporary concerns of the Maya community with the broader community. It is the only event in the Bay Area that brings together Maya people from various Maya regions, languages, and traditions, including Yucatec, Mam, Kʼicheʼ, and more. It aims to unify people across Maya traditions and educate the community. The festival offers workshops on traditional Maya practices such as weaving and traditional dress; presentations on the Maya calendar and indigenous perspectives; and sessions on contemporary Maya art and literature. Additionally, festival workshops on earth healing, social justice, and immigrant rights explore and address the impact of pressing issues such as the climate crisis, forced migration, globalization, housing, employment, economic opportunity, and large-scale societal change on Maya peoples, territories, and livelihoods.
Learn More: KTVU feature Indigenous Maya people in Bay Area's Hispanic community fight to preserve Mam-language (September 2024)