Sac Actun - Sinkhole\Cenote

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30/09/2022

Quintana Roo y sus mujeres

30/09/2022

Feliz cumpleaños a nuestra querida gobernadora, , que cumpla muchos años más en compañía de sus seres queridos.

¡Felicidades!🎈🎊🎉

16/08/2016

Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl two ancient gods that look alike?

Kukulcan was a Mayan God, He is believed to be the God of wind, but it is not clear for experts yet. He appears sometimes in the shape of a human and sometimes in the shape of a feathered snake, represented in one of the pyramids in Chichen-Itza. He is very often compared or even mistaken for Quetzalcoatl who was also the God of wind but in another culture, the Aztecs, who was also represented in the shape of a feathered snake.
There are different theories about the resemblance between Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl, for example that it was a single person or God and came from the disappeared city of Atlantis and looked like the Europeans that came to conquer America, that is why they were received gladly, because Kukulcan promised he would come back.
Another theory would be that they are both Gods of the wind and have a special relationship with the God of the rain, for the Aztecs it would be Ehécatl and for the Mayans Chaac. What do you think?

06/08/2016

What is a Makech?

A Makech is a type of beetle that only lives in the Yucatan Peninsula, it is popular due to the leyend of the Mayan Princess Cuzan daughter of Cheif Ahnu Dtundtunxcaán, she was promised to marry Prince Ek Chapat, but fell in love with a warrior called Chalpol. When her father found out about the romance, he senteced Chalpol to death, but spared his life do to his daughter´s pain. Princess Cuzan had to promise she will never see Chalpol again.

A chaman turned Chalpol into a beetle and gave it to Cuzan, who decorated the insect with precious stones and wore it as a jewelry brooche next to her heart, until the end of time....

If you visit the Yucatan Peninsula you can take a look at this living jewerly.

03/08/2016

What is an “Alux”?
Ireland has its leprechauns, Scandinavia its gnomes, and Europe its trolls and gremlins. But the Yucatecan Maya have aluxes... ancient little "people" of the rain forest who are seldom seen but who are almost always nearby. Now, don't let your skepticism get the better of you. If you visit the Mayan rain forest, you will do very well indeed to know of the alux and its ways. To be overtaken by skepticism will not only impair your enjoyment of these enchanted surroundings but may actually put you at risk of some degree of misfortune.
An alux (Mayan: [aˈluʃ], plural: aluxo'ob [aluʃoˀːb]) is the name given in the Yucatan Península and Guatemala, also called Chanekeh or Chaneque by the Nahuatl people. Aluxo'ob are conceived of as being small, only about knee-high, and in appearance resembling miniature traditionally dressed Maya people. Tradition holds that aluxob are generally invisible but are able to assume physical form for purposes of communicating with and frightening humans as well as to congregate. They are generally associated with natural features such as forests, caves, stones, and fields but can also be enticed to move somewhere through offerings. Their description and mythological role are somewhat reminiscent of other sprite-like mythical entities in a number of other cultural traditions (such as the Celtic leprechaun), as the tricks they play are similar.
More often than not, aluxes who choose to present themselves to humans, at least to adult humans, do it in a disguise. And the disguises they choose are either to masquerade as lifeless clay statuettes or assume the forms of small forest animals such as coatis, grisons (Mexican weasels), snakes, monkeys, frogs, parrots, raccoons, opossums, bats, lizards, peccaries (small wild pigs), turtles, toucans, margays (small spotted wildcats), turtles, or other similar forest creatures.

Some Maya believe that the Aluxob are called when a farmer builds a little house on his property, most often in a corn field (milpa). For seven years, the alux will help the corn grow, summon rain and patrol the fields at night, whistling to scare off predators or crop thieves. At the end of seven years, the farmer must close the windows and doors of the little house, sealing the alux inside. If this is not done, the alux will run wild and start playing tricks on people.

02/08/2016

Did the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs create the Cenotes (Sinkholes) in the Yucatán Peninsula?

The Chicxulub Crater was originated by a meteorite that crashed near the town of Chicxulub in the Yucatán Península.

This crater lends support to the theory that extinction of numerous animals and plant groups, including non-avian dinosaurs may have resulted from this impact.

Cenotes (spanish word for sinkholes) are named after the Maya word "Dzonot", are found in a ring around the impact area. They start at the town called Celestun and ends at Dzilam Bravo.

All this are theories but, what matters is what you believe....

29/07/2016

A little bit of history of Bubblegum or "Chicle".

Both the Aztecs and Maya traditionally chewed chicle. It was chewed as a way to stave off hunger, freshen breath, and keep teeth clean. Chicle was also used by the Maya as a filling for tooth cavities Only kids and single women were allowed to chew it in publicc. Married women and widows could chew it privately to freshen their breath, while men could chew it in secret to clean their teeth..
Historically, the Adams Chewing Gum Company was a prominent user of this ingredient in the production of chewing gum.
In response to a land reform law passed in Guatemala in 1952, which ended feudal work relations and expropriated unused lands and sold them to the indigenous and peasants, the Wrigley Gum Company discontinued buying Guatemalan chicle. Since it was the sole buyer of Guatemalan chicle, the government was forced to create a massive aid program for growers.[6]
By the 1960s, most chewing gum companies had switched from using chicle to butadiene-based synthetic rubber which was cheaper to manufacture. Only a handful of small gum companies still use chicle, including Glee Gum, Simply Gum, andTree Hugger Gum.
Chicle harvest was a tradition in Quintana Roo, this Mexican state where Cancun is located has a traditional dance in which womechiclerosn wear long red or yellow skirts with sea shells enhancing them.2 Quintana Roo is the youngest State in México, this is why the "chicleros" dance is one of the few traditions.