We are riding on a rowboat on the Naha lagoon when our guide Juan, stops the row for a moment. It seems like if he had remembered something, he keeps it to himself and keeps on rowing while he asks:

– Do you know why the dog stole the crocodile´s tong?

– The dog stole who? What? Answers one of us.

– Juan laughs heartily.

Juan is Lacandon and lives in Naha, he is proud of his culture and traditions, and it is obvious. Leisurely but without pause, he creates a story for us little by little, the story of the dog and the […]