Tepache or chicha

The word comes from the Nahuatl tepache “tepiatl” which means corn drink was made with this cereal but now its most famous is produced by the mixture of pineapple and sugar.

One of the most popular fermented beverage of Mexico, as it usually has a low alcohol level in form of processing (less than 1% Alc. V ol), the custom of making this drink with corn continues in several communities especially Indians of Mexico, as in the states of Oaxaca, Queretaro, Guerrero, Sonora, Yucatan and Chiapas, where a higher alcohol level was subject to Mayan religious cults.

Today in Chiapas, tepache is made for both home and commercial use, although the quantity produced has been slowing due to […]

Archaeological Tenam Puente

Built on a mountain overlooking the plains Comitan that extends to the Lagos de Montebello. The territorial extension of this prehistoric settlement has been calculated in two square kilometers, on which several buildings were built of such civic, religious and housing, which represent the transition from the classical to classic post (900 to 1200 DC). The presence of three ball games, and the Acropolis with its structures four and seven. The buildings were built with blocks of stone perfectly drawn.

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With its strategic location Tenam Puente allowed its people to exercise control over the trade route linking the highlands of Chiapas and Guatemala with the central depression of Chiapas. T he ceramic collections from […]

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