Adolfo López Mateos Elementary
SCHOOL VISIT
Adolfo López Mateos Elementary
El Asoleadero Community
El Rosario Sanctuary
Ambassadors 494-517
Coordinates: 19.5866263 -100.2926512
At the same time that the Monarchs arrive each fall, we harvest.
Today we reflected on corn - how it continues to be the base in our daily meals, once the grain is processed and turned into dough to prepare tortillas. Our creole corn with its beautiful colors is seasonal and does not need irrigation due to the excellent humidity levels that our land provides and our adequate rainy season!
Corn was domesticated from a grass called teocintle by the peoples of Meso-America approximately ten thousand years ago. For Mexico, maize is not a crop but a deep cultural symbol intrinsic to daily life.
Corn was the Aztecs' main source of nutrition, and because an abundant harvest was vital, people would worship the god of rain, Tlaloc, at the Temple of Agriculture to encourage adequate moisture for their corn crops. They also worshipped the god of corn, Cinteótl, and the corn goddess, Chicomencóatl, at numerous ceremonies.
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Al mismo tiempo que las Monarcas llegan en el Otoño, nosotros estamos cosechando.
Hoy reflexionamos sobre el maíz -en como continúa siendo la base de nuestra comida diaria, una vez que el grano se procesa y se convierte en masa para preparar las tortillas. Nuestro maíz criollo con sus hermosos colores es de temporal y no necesita riego debido a los excelentes niveles de humedad que nuestra tierra proporciona y de nuestra nutrida temporada de lluvias.
El maíz fué domesticado a raíz de una “ planta” llamada t e o c i n t l e por los pobladores de meso-america hace aproximadamente diez mil años. Para México, el maíz no es simplemente un cultivo, sino un profundo símbolo cultural instrínseco a nuestra vida diaria.
El maíz fué la fuente nutritiva más importante de los Aztecas, para quienes obtener buenas cosechas era vital, por lo que la gente rendía culto al Dios de la Lluvia en el templo de la Agricultura invocando la humead ideal. Tambien rendían culto a la Diosa del maíz, Cintéotl. También le rendían culto a la Diosa del Maíz, Chicomencóatl en muchas ceremonias.
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