The Sun Cannot Be Hidden by a Finger

This is a true story. It arises from the testimonies of the genocide' survivors, among the Maya people of Guatemala, during the dirty war which lasted 36 years (1960-96). In the story, I changed the names and I didn't identify the places clearly, because there are still intimidations and killing, as mentioned Pedro, at the beginning of the story, particularly for those who are fighting for human rights. But, in the mediagraphy, are indicated my main testimonial sources. My other sources are the survivors themselves whom I met personally and told me their own story of deaths and sufferings. Truth is sometimes hard to support, but there come times where saying the truth is much better than to support silence. Hence, this story is first the discovery of the historical truth. The first question raised is: should we make a philosophy for children story which will confront the kids with a tough truth, opposed to the history they learnt? Secondly, this story is the story of a people's tragedy. Can we, should we, present such tragedy to kids of 9-14 y.o.? I did present and discuss different versions of that story with those who lived the genocide, and all of them, without exception, told me that we must present and talk about this story with their children. An old man of 78 y.o. who lived the massacre of his own daughter was even more accute: "It is difficult but it will strengthen the values and determination of the out children, her told me". Today the general tendency is to forgive, forget and reconcillliate the victims with the oppressors. Here lies the third question: should we remember our past or is it better to forget it? And beyond this question we will find the question of justice, of dignity or peace for the people. Is peace possible without justice? Without compensation? Without reconciliation? These are the main questions, but we can find also secondary questions dealing with sufferings and deaths in the mayan cosmovision. It is posible to maintain the mayan culture in this globalized world? Also the relation with nature is omnipresent in the story particularly this relation with the sun that one finger cannot hide. Rosalinda used the sun as an anology to show the truth, as if she had read Plato's allegory of the cave.