Saraguatos (Howling Monkey)
Personal memory by Gerardo Tello Numero
1986 • Palenque, Mexico
“Everyday the saraguatos (howling monkey) would cross the river and one day a saraguato fell because a branch broke and the natives saw that the monkey could get out of the river and they liked it and then without the branch breaking they let go and swam to the short and so they named the river the Chacamax which means the monkey that could swim.”
Maya Lin, Global Residency Program
Creative Time / Rockefeller Foundation
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