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Suchiapa “The way of the leaves”

May 2012 | gch ®, Sin categoría

Suchiapa “The way of the leaves”

Photography: René Araujo

Special thanks to: Domingo Champo Pérez

One of the biggest festivities in Suchiapa is the day they honor the “Santa Cruz” (holy Cross). On this day the tradition, which is called the way of the leaves, is about a plant called “espadana”. This plant is found in Nambiyugua and its characterized by its leaves in a shape of a sword and pointy thorns. This place is the scenario to perform what the ancestors have determined to the locals and close by communities. The people make arrangements with lots of time and dedication so on April 26 of […]

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Tascalate drink

A corn, cacao, achiote, pine nuts and cinnamon made traditional drink of the state of Chiapas, red dust is ideal pre-Hispanic heritage of our ancestors, which is ideal for cooling off in the hot season.

Each of the ingredients are roasted and grounded, resulting in a reddish powder which gives the characteristic color of this drink.

The great science prepare not only need to mix it with water or milk, if you like you can add sugar, ice and ready to put the powder, it does not dissolve completely but quickly settles, the idea is moving to become pregnant while taking.

Currently, this drink is prepared and packaged for export to other regions.

You should know that as pozol, tascalate […]

By Guía Chiapas|2017-02-07T21:34:43-06:00abril 1st, 2012|Categories: April 2012 | gch ®, Sin categoría|Tags: achiote, ancestors, cacao, Chiapas, cinnamon, corn, drink, export, grounded, heritage, hot seasson, milk, mouth, pine nuts, pozol, prehispanic, red dust, reddish powder, regions, roasted, state, tascalate, traditional, water|0 Comments

Hammocks, hands, soul and magic

These are an Example of the work of artisans in Chiapas, with a careful design and unsurpassed quality thanks to years of practice and improvement, Berriozabal leads the State at the creation of hammocks there are of all types, shapes, sizes, colors and materials.

FUN FACT: The history of Berriozabal begins in a ranch founded by Ponce de Leon brothers, than in the times of present Berriozabal becomes to be a centennial city

The word Hamaca (Hammock ) comes from the Nahuatl Language and It means: to rest, but It will not just let you rest but It also gives you the pleasure and the comfort so different from what you […]

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