Summary of the Interview
During the first week of February, I interviewed Mr.Fracisco Tush who is known as my grandfather. He is the founder of Sunday Wood Village. He is born on 16
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of April, 1942. He is born in Guatemala but he grew up as a man in Belize and today he is a citizen of Belize. He first lived in Otoxha Village then migrated to San Lucas Village. From there he used to hunt wild animals for food and meat. He then discovered aland from the east of Toledo that is now Sunday Wood Village. After discovering the goodness of the land and the soil, he then went to the Prime Minister of Belize who is the past prime minister, Hon. George Cadle Price.
He then began to speak and ask for the land. Yet his voice was not heard, he did not give up but went forward and gained victory for forming a new village. Today he is living happily with his family with his twelve children two have passed away. Upon arriving in the new village, Mr. Francisco Tush used to rear pigs and chickens, that, they sell for earning money for their living. They had to travel miles to sell their pigs and chickem. From Sunday Wood to Laguna Village.
As a strong Maya person, Mr.Tush used to play hard which he now can’t play and hont have. During his younger age, his family used to dance harp, especially on special occasions. Like for weddings, baptisms, birthday parties, and Christmas celebrations. Today he doesn’t dance and play harp because of his old age
and because of his Christian faith. Miss Petrona Tush his wife use to do arts like making cotton bags that is now in Kekchi as coxtal. She used to make jippijapa baskets and table cloth which she now cannot make because of her old age. She used grinding stone to grind corn for corn tortillas because, at their time, no corn mill was at present.
During their time they used to burn incense to their god which is a carved image but today as Mr.Francisco stated that he doesn’t have those kinds of attitudes now because of his changing faith. Today Mr.Francisco Tush and his wife Mrs. Petrona Tush as a farming person they are very sensitive to their work and can relate stories of their early childhood and their early life in the old days
Samuel Tush – Lens of Culture Student
