Fishing in Lake Izabal, Guatemala

Fish is one of the main food sources of the Mayan Q’eqchi communities we met on the shores of Lake Izabal in Guatemala. Besides agriculture, fishing is their principal activity and part of their cultural identity. For thousands of years the Mayans worshiped Chac-Uayab-Xoc, the fish-god, also known as the Great Demon Shark. Protector of fish and patron of fisherman, he feeds off the bodies of drowned fishermen, but ensures that the fishermen have good catches. www.thelifenomadik.com