Octavio Paz Middle School
SCHOOL VISIT
Octavio Paz Middle School
Palo Amarillo Community
Palo Amarillo Ejido, México State
Buffer forests to Sierra Chincua and La Mesa Sanctuaries
Coordinates: 19.6600689 -100.2242358
Ambassadors: 1048-1089
For nearly a week now our weather warms and Monarchs awaken from their dormant phase after three months of overnight temperatures reaching zero Celsius or below.
The season is now reaching its peak and Monarch butterflies are seen in their colonies either forming clusters or flying to the delight of visitors as the sun caresses them.
Mating increases rapidly, which is already a signal of their imminent, though gradual departure.
Only 25-35 kilometers from our Monarchs’ overwintering spots lies our Matlazinca-Otomí archeological site of Zirahuato (1200-AD) which tells of the Cuapapalotzin mountain (now named Cerro Pelón) to which clouds of orange beams streaming down from Angangueo (spot high up between the mountains, in Puréhpecha language) would land in Solstice emptying it as Equinox would happen.
A carved shape of a butterfly can still be seen in the pyramid with lots of spiral carvings meaning Eternity of Cosmos.
Amazingly, the pyramid’s location should have indeed witnessed the passing of Monarchs streaming down from Sierra Chincua and El Rosario (from the top of the pyramid the mountain peaks of El Rosario and south the mountains behind which Cerro Pelón mountain stands upright).
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“The Creation formed the sun and the sun expelled its sun rays; in the winter, sun rays turn into sparkling orange diamonds to warm up the land and to embrace humans, to fertilize the soil, to polinate the flowers, to adorn life and adorn the air. Being them the metamorphosis of the old God, they are not eatable for birds, the reason of their abundant population above any other creature; sun arrows shaped as jewels that announce Solstice in the Winter and Equinox in the Spring.”
“The land was theirs before we took it as ours.”
~Mexican Indigenous Matlazinca-Otomí writing
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Durante casi una semana nuestro clima calienta y las Monarcas despiertan de su fase de adormecimiento después de tres meses de temperaturas cayendo a los cero Celcious y aún menos.
La temporada alcanza ahora su pico y las mariposas Monarcas son admiradas en sus colonias ya sea formando racimos o volando para el deleite de visitantes al tiempo que el sol las acaricia.
El apareamiento se incrementa rápidamente, lo cuál es ya un aviso de su inminente aunque lenta partida.
A tan solo 24-35 kilómetros de los sitios de hibernación de nuestras Monarcas, se erige nuestro sitio Arqueológico local, Matlazinca-Otomí de Zirahuato (1,200 dC), la cuál cuenta de la montaña Cuapapalotzin (ahora llamado Cerro Pelón) a la que nubarrones de luces anaranjadas bajaban de Angangueo (lugar alto entre montañas, en lengua puréhpecha) y aterrizaban en el Solsticio y se iban dejando la montaña vacía en el Equinoccio.
El símbolo de una mariposa labrado en una piedra puede aún apreciarse en la pirámide con muchos grabados de espiral, los que significan la Eternidad del Cosmos.
A carved shape of a butterfly can still be seen in the pyramid with lots of spiral carvings meaning Eternity of Cosmos.
Sorprendentemente, la localización de la pirámide sin duda debe haber atestiguado el paso de las Monarcas bajando desde Sierra Chincua y El Rosario (desde ahí se aprecian los picos de las montañas de El Rosario y al sur, las montañas a cuyas espaldas se erige Cerro Pelón).
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“La Creación formó el sol y el sol expide sus rayos; en el invierno, estos rayos se convirtien en relucientes diamantes anaranjados que calientan a la Tierra y a los hombres, que fertilizan el suelo, polinizan las flores y adornan la vida y el aire. Siendo ellas la metamorfosis del Dios viejo, no son comibles para las aves, siendo esta la razón de su abundante población por sobre cualquier otra criatura; saetas de sol como joyas que anuncian el Solsticio en el Invierno y el Equinoccio en Primavera”
“La Tierra era de ellas, antes que nosotros la tomáramos como nuestra”.
Escrito Mexicano Indígena Matlazinca-Otomí
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