Power Up Your Strength With A Refreshing Chia Drink By: Annika Grace | - The runners of the Copper Canyon Region in Mexico are known to be the Tarahumara or the Raramuri. They are the ancient people of Northern Mexico prominent for their long-distance running competence. It is also believed that they normally use Chia Drink to pump up their hundred-mile plus runs and may have been performing this for thousands of years.
The well-known Chia Drink is the Iskiate. It is a drink also known as Chia Fresca (chilly Chia). It is created by mixing up Chia Seeds i ... Tags:Chia seed, Chia seeds, Chia drink
End Age Prophecies As Told By Pre Columbian Ancient Maya Art By: Sigi Frias | - With so much interest in the 2012 predictions the pre Columbian Mayans left behind and the many interpretations being voiced in everything from television documentaries, movies and videos one must ask, what is their real meaning? This guide will provide you with enough info to judge for yourself.
First, let's consider
The civilization of the pre Columbian Mayans was and is one of the most advanced in relation to time-science knowledge.
Pre Columbian Aztec Artwork Used In Mexican Style Decor By: Sigi Frias | - The creation of the pre Columbian world is normally depicted in Aztec artwork. It chronicles how gods have created the world five times. The Aztecs refered to each of these worlds as "suns".
In the beginning from total void and darkness Ometecutli ("Lord of Duality") created himself. The Lord of Duality was a union of opposites: good and bad, chaos and order, male and female. Being both both genders ("Lord and Lady of Duality"), Ometecutli was capable of conceiving children. The ... Tags:pre columbian, aztec artwork, mexican style decor, ancient aztec artwork
How Aztec Gods Inspired The Eagle And Jaguar Warriors Of The Mexican Aztec Army By: Sigi Frias | - From the start, an Aztec male child was taught that he had been born a warrior to serve the Aztec gods. His task, indeed his duty was to prove himself in the battlefield and to never let fear cloud his actions. In the beginning before there was light, this example had been displayed by the Aztec gods themselves. And this type of bravery was therefore required in return by the Aztec gods. For inspiration, he had only to look at the sun and moon as these existed only because of brave deeds. < ... Tags:Aztec gods, Mexican Aztec, Aztec, Mexico
Jesus Christ, The Plumed Aztec Serpent By: Sigi Frias | - Cleverly, the shape-shifting ancient Aztec gods lived on long after the conquistadors destroyed the Mexican Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and imposed Catholic Christian culture and doctrines.
To their surprise, Spanish priests found that the Aztecs were quick to take to the new faith. The Aztecs appear to have seen in the worship of Jesus Christ a similarity to the worship of the Plumed Aztec Serpent Quetzalcoatl. They also saw that Jesus' teachings on brotherly love were in ... Tags:aztec, jesus, jesus christ, mexico, quetzalcoatl, aztec serprnt, mexican aztec, aztec gods
Ancient Maya Shape-shifter Guides Destiny By: Sigi Frias | - The ancient Maya are well known for their knowledge of advanced astronomy and mathematics. Their calendars are able to predict stellar events millennia into the past and millennia into the future. How a Stone Age group was able to acquire this type of knowledge and put it to use is still unknown.
Through exhaustive and collective work, the few surviving codices (bark books) are starting to reveal some of their secrets. One interesting aspect of the Maya is their view of the unive ... Tags:Maya, Maya religion, 2012, nahual, mesoamerica, mexico
Ancient Maya Ritual For Learning The Future By: Sigi Frias | - The future is as it was ordained to be by the gods. The people can know this future, it is not prohibited, it is just reserved to be revealed in small pieces to those that ask. For to reveal the future in its entirety all at once would surely put the fate of the gods themselves in jeopardy, so goes the saying of Tizimin an ancient Maya seer who foretold many events in the Maya Katun 5 Ahau.
The Spanish Conquistador: God Or Destroyer By: Sigi Frias | - According to chronicles written after the fall of the Aztecs by Sahagun, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, Moctezuma II, the Aztec ruler believed the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes was the returning all powerful feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl. Aztec legends predicted the return of the mighty god and foretold the god would once again reclaim his thrown. Upon this background the Aztecs pondered what their reaction should be to the arriving pale skinned bearded strangers who arrived from th ... Tags:Aztec, Tenochtitlan, Moctezuma, Montezuma, Conquistador, Conquest of Mexico, Hernan Cortes, Cortez
When Aztec Gods Required Human Sacrifices By: Sigi Frias | - It is claimed that for the re-consecration of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487, the Aztecs sacrificed about 80,400 prisoners over the course of four days. If this is but one example for one single ceremony, the numbers of human sacrifices performed by the Aztecs must truly be staggering. Michael Harner, in his 1977 article The Enigma of Aztec Sacrifice, estimates the number of persons sacrificed in central Mexico in the 15th century as high as 250,000 per year.
The Tarahumara Indians By: Dick I | - Mexicos Copper Canyon is the ancestral home of the private, selfsufficient Tarahumara Indians. They are often described as being the most primitive Indian tribe in North America. They are closely related to the Pima Indians of southern Arizona.
In the winter they live in caves, and move into small log cabins in the summer. In the evening if you gaze at the canyon wall youll see what looks like stars flickering, which is actually the light from the fires in the caves.
Vacation In Mexico By: Anne Morris | - Mexico, our neighbor down south is the perfect place for your next vacation. With the Gulf Coast on one end and the Caribbean on another, it is a favorite for many tourists.
Mexico is a study of contrasts of ancient and modern, aside from the landscape, there is the blend of cultures from the indigenous peoples to the cosmopolitan cities and plenty of beaches choose from.
The country spans about 1964,375 square kilometers. It is divided in six regions each with thei ... Tags:mexico
