Perhaps you were a tourist in the popular resort town of Acapulco or stayed in a stylish hotel in another city in Mexico. Or have you seen this wavy and awe-inspiring performance of Totonaco's offspring in the home environment, where it all began near Papantla, about 200 miles northeast of Mexico City in the state of Veracruz?
If so, you may be wondering how this weird show started and why it has continued until now. It seems to be a combination of acrobatics and religious rituals.
Long before the Spanish invaded Mexico and introduced their European religion and culture, the Totonac Empire flourished, some say it dates back to AD 739 Like many other ancient peoples, they have also hailed the arrival of the vernal equinox. March 21 corresponded, with a party. A special feature of this Totonac annual event was the Tajins Flyer Festival. This happened at a time when the sun was closer to the earth, and therefore, it was believed that this fact was responsible for the awakening of renewed energies in humans, animals and plants. It was a time of year when more weddings were celebrated among the Totonacs. In fact, this celebration of the tagin brochure was one of the most important features of a fertility festival.
A legacy of the sun and the cult of sex
The ceremony began when these people were looking for a very tall, strong wooden tree about 115 meters (35 meters) long. When they found a suitable tree, they danced around it while their leader spoke to Oluhuicalo, the "mountain god", and begged forgiveness for cutting down the tree. Prayers and dances were accompanied by rhythmic flute and drum music.
Four days later, they cut the tree and branches and took the stick to the party area, where they planted it in a hole about two meters deep. But before they crashed, they put a turkey in the pit (then they used a black chicken), four eggs, alcohol, flowers, and incense.
They danced around the newly planted tree and invoked special benefits from Cahuimin, the "god of the wind". Then five chosen men went up, these men had previously been purified by special rituals. It also includes preparing to attend the Catholic Church and receive Communion today. The ascent from above begins, first the four brochures and then the leader who is the priest.
In ancient times, the rope was made of rattan, known as the coyolite tail. Now a heavy manila rope is wrapped around the tree to form a ladder to the top. Researchers claim that the meaning is similar to Hindu terms, i.e. H. The rope wrapped around the tree represents the spine through which the sexual energy ascends to the skull, in this case to the treetop, on which sits a platform apple, which means "apple". . This platform is designed to rotate on the shaft. At the four corners of this platform, four ropes are attached to the four flyers, which are thrown into space at the right time.
In pre-Hispanic times, the brochure was dressed like birds. Today, her costume has been slightly modified and decorated with embroidery, sequins and glass beads. You have designed and colored a hood to represent the sun.
The fact that there are four means that they represent the four main cardinal points and also represent the four main elements: earth, water, air and fire, which take into account the four fundamental parts of all.
The chief, who acts as a priest, is at the center of the platform. He is a soloist and as such calls the sun with his flute and dances for about fifteen minutes. When the wheel is lifted, this priest, who does not seem to notice the danger, continues his song and dances at the top of the tree in an awkward position over thirty meters high and leans in all four directions, starting from east where the sun has risen. He salutes the sun face up, for the sun is now at its peak, and so he feels closer to that higher force than the guilds by playing his flute and beating his little stag drum.
When the platform is rotated, the four leaflets are launched face down in space and fly towards the ground. But not until the long ropes that almost touched the ground were tied tightly around his ankles. If they fall to the ground, they must walk around the tree thirteen times. Thirteen multiplied by four is fifty-two, the length of your traditional year cycle that marks the beginning of a new sun and the reign of the sacred fire in your temple. As part of their sexual cult, fire drills are believed to cause "intercourse" between men and women every fifty-two years and start a new fire. All of these traditions go back to ancient Babylonian customs on the Euphrates Beach, the common birthplace of many forms of Babylonian religion found in so many false religions today.
Changes over time
There are currently very few purebred Totonacs from a racial perspective, as the vast majority are mixed with other breeds. And with this mixture, the new generation forgot many of its old traditions and acquired new ones, or mixed the old with the new.
The theft occurs, for example, not only on felled trees that are over 30 meters high, but also on smaller steel poles. Spotlights with color filters give glamor and staging to the show. Not only do they fly once a year like their ancestors did, but they show up as many times as they want throughout the year. This is related to other religious dances in a "sun ritual" or to add color to another pagan festival, such as the Catholic celebration of Corpus Domini in May. Or simply as entertainment, they happen for money.
In short, the theft of tajine brochures today is not limited to fertility rituals related to sun worship, but is organized to promote other pagan festivals and commercial purposes.
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