Please help me proofread the following paragraph..(grammar and wording) ..thanks?

Question

Today's tradition handmade crafts produced using ancient techniques still retain the spirit of Mayan and their importance within the Maya culture. Without any doubt, the practical and minimalist design of this faucet simply involves a mixture of Mayan traditions and culture –simplicity and reality. This aspect is the most obvious in civilization practice and this is still true today.

Answer 1

Nowadays, handmade crafts that use ancient techniques still retain the spirit of the Mayans and their cultural importance. Undoubtedly, the practical and minimalist design of this faucet evokes a mixture of the Mayan traditions and culture: simplicity and practicality. Such characteristics still hold true in the study of different civilizations up to this day.

1. "today's tradition handmade crafts" = handmade crafts which are produced in modern times;
2. "produced using": "produced" may (and should) be eliminated;
3. "spirit of Mayan and their importance within the Maya culture": the Mayans, that is, of the Mayan people(s); "their" refers to the Mayans; therefore, for stylistic reasons (and also to avoid redundancy), one of these two "Mayan(s)" should be omitted; I also think "importance" should be replaced by "inheritance" (does it make sense to you?);
4. "without any doubt" should be replaced by "undoubtedly" (economy of words, one of the golden rules of writing);
5. "involves" (= is connected) should be "evokes" (=produces a feeling of);
6. "a mixture of Mayan traditions and culture": these two words ("traditions" and "culture") are synonymous (= opinions, beliefs, customs, arts, etc.); to you, are they the same or not? if not, keep both;
7. "traditions and culture--simplicity and reality": a dash is "used to indicate a break in the thought or in the structure of a sentence", and a colon is used "to direct attention to a list of words that follow" (Webster's); don´t you think "reality" should be replaced by "practicality"? "Reality" is such a complex word!
8. "aspect" is a general term, meaning idea, plan, side, etc.; therefore, in order to be specific (another golden rule of writing), you should specify what you really want to draw attention to; "characteristics", it seems, is a much better word; in addition, if you say "this aspect", the reader does not know exactly what you are referring to ("a mixture of Mayan traditons and culture" or "simplicity and reality"?);
9. "the most obvious": it may be very obvious to you (not to the reader);
10. "civilization practice": what does this mean? Are you referring to "the study of different civilizations"?;
11. "this is still true today": What does "this" refer to ("aspect"? "civilization practice"?)? As far as syntax, in your text, "this" may refer to either one of these two words. As far as semantics, the reader may infer that it refers to "simplicity and reality (practicality)";
12. "this practice is the most obvious in civilization practice and this is still true today": not clear at all; I think that you want to say that those two characteristics (simplicity and practicality) still hold true in the study of different civilizations up until today.

Answer 2

Today's traditional handmade crafts produced, using ancient techniques, still retain the spirit of Mayan and their importance within the Maya culture.
Without any doubt, the practical and minimalist design of this faucet involves a mixture of Mayan traditions and culture –simplicity and reality.
This simplicity and reality aspect is the most obvious in civilization practice and this is still true today.

tradition: custom
traditional sounds more appropiate

Simply involves and then you simplicity,repetition

I inserted simplicity and reality after this because you are not letting know the reader for sure what is "this"

Answer 3

Today's popular tradition involving handmade crafts evolved from ancient techniques. These techniques still retain the spirit of the Mayan and their (unclear as to what their is referring to) importance within the Maya culture. Without any doubt, the practical and minimalist design of this faucet involves a mixture of Mayan traditions and culture: simplicity and reality. This aspect is the most obvious in civilization practice and this is still true today. (unless otherwise specified you should probably refrain from using "most obvious" because it is just an opinion rather than fact)

Answer 4

Today's tradition handmade crafts produced using ancient techniques retain the spirit of Mayan and their importance within the Maya culture. Without any doubt, the practical and minimalist design of this faucet simply involves a mixture of Mayan traditions and culture –simplicity and reality. This aspect is the most obvious in civilization practice and this is still true today.

Answer 5

Your paragraph is better than the other suggestions listed here, stick with what you have.