Asturias , himself a mestizo , proposed a hybrid national soul for Guatemala ( ladino in its language , Mayan in its mythology ) .
Postcolonial Guatemalan identity is influenced by a mixture of Mayan and European culture .
Asturias , himself a mestizo , proposed a hybrid national soul for Guatemalan ( ladino in its language , Mayan in its mythology ) .
Postcolonial Guatemalan identity is influenced by a mixture of Mayan and European culture .