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"Those deities, it's the personifications or manifestations of ephemeral things, time and fears, natural phenomena, aspirations, and many other things that come up in human imagination. They're generally non-human agents. They're considered powerful and in absentia, by they can also be present, embodied in actual works of art or in impersonations by people. Artists imagine these deities taking different forms. [...] How do you represent omnipresence or all-seeing deities? [...] the divine could be experienced and made present through sculpture, and the subsequent activation of images in ceremony. So aesthetic choices were thus theological ones. And sculptors navigated this tension between deity and representation of deity."

James Doyle

[tlatollotl]

[mostly-history]

Ball court at Copán (Honduras), located between the Acropolis and the Great Plaza.

Macaw-head sculptures served as markers; and the façades, doorways and jambs of the surrounding temples were ornamented with carved figures of the rain god Chaak and other deities.  Spectators stood on stepped platforms to watch the ball game.  There are at least 63 carved stelae and 14 altar structures at its north end.

[mostly-history]

Tulum was most active between 1200 and 1521 CE, when it was probably a busy commercial trading city, joining land and sea-trade routes.  Evidence still remains of an early post-Classic-period marketplace in the town.  From its port, seagoing canoes carried Yucatán exports such as salt, cacao (chocolate beans), coloured shells, jade and other stones, as well as tropical bird feathers to trading partners in Aztec Mexico, in return for copper tools and ornaments. Perhaps 500 – 600 people inhabited the town at its height, living in houses on raised platforms arranged along a street.  The town's principal buildings, including the Castillo and the two-storeyed Temple of the Frescoes, are clustered together near the sea.  The murals, which probably decorated the interior and exterior surfaces of the temples, depict classical Maya gods such as the rain god Chaak and various female divinities performing ceremonies in the bean fields.  In another painting Chaak sits mounted on a four-legged animal, which may indicate that the people of Tulum had seen or heard of Spaniards riding on horseback.

The Atlas of Lost Cities: Legendary Cities Rediscovered

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CHAAK Mexican Food & Wine Festival Features Local Chefs & Mexican Winemakers

20+ Wineries and 7 SoCal restaurants come together in O.C. for inaugural event photo credit Max Milla CHAAK Kitchen will host its inaugural Mexican Food & Wine Festival on Saturday, October 19 from 2—6 p.m., seven local restaurants and 29 wineries will come together to celebrate Mexico’s rich culinary and winemaking culture. Restaurateurs Ed & Gabbi Patrick, owners of CHAAK and Gabbi’s Mexican…

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Kim's Birthday lunch with friends at a new food spot. #chaak #mexican #birthday #lunch (at CHAAK) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxDin2QBRNH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cea9ua94u2r0

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Days 3 and 4: The Lost City in the Jungle

Days 3 and 4: The Lost City in the Jungle

  We had a journey of about three hours from Laguna Bacalar to Calakmul, the Mayan city I had most wanted to see. But before we left the lake, I wanted to swim in Cenoté Azule. The Yucatán Peninsula has no running surface water–streams or rivers–but the subterranean water rises to the surface via cenotés, which are underground caves that form in the limestone that composes the peninsula. Back in…

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