{"id":15116,"date":"2023-04-17T12:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:museodelchocolate.com.co\/?p=15116"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T19:05:40","slug":"indigena-del-cacao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/en\/indigena-del-cacao\/","title":{"rendered":"IND\u00cdGENA DEL CACAO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">El ma\u00edz y el chocolate fueron dos de las plantas importantes utilizadas por los aztecas, sobre todo en los rituales religiosos y frecuentemente reflejadas en sus esculturas, junto con otros alimentos. El hombre que sostiene la vaina de cacao de gran tama\u00f1o es una escultura de piedra que representa a uno de los comerciantes que transportan el cacao desde las tierras bajas hasta el valle. Los comerciantes frecuentemente formaban parte de un estatus superior y demostraban poder econ\u00f3mico. Beber chocolate hecho de cacao era un privilegio que disfrutaban las \u00e9lites, los guerreros, los comerciantes, los sacerdotes y los nobles. Se se\u00f1al\u00f3, \u201cLa gente com\u00fan, los necesitados no la bebieron\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;La estatua fue hecha de una piedra volc\u00e1nica con algunos restos de pigmento rojo y blanco, lo que indica que la escultura fue pintada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">De acuerdo con la mitolog\u00eda maya, Kukulk\u00e1n le dio el cacao a los mayas despu\u00e9s de la creaci\u00f3n de la humanidad, hecha de ma\u00edz (Ixim) por la diosa Xmucan\u00e9 . Los mayas celebraban un festival anual en abril, para honrar al dios del cacao, Ek Chuah, un evento que inclu\u00eda sacrificios de animales con marcas pintadas de chocolate; ofrendas de cacao; plumas, incienso e intercambios de regalos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Los aztecas adaptaron la misma leyenda as\u00ed: El dios Quetzalc\u00f3atl (representado por los mortales como &#8216;la serpiente emplumada&#8217;) baj\u00f3 de los cielos para transmitir sabidur\u00eda a los hombres y les trajo un regalo: la planta del cacao. Al parecer, los otros dioses no le perdonaron que diera a conocer un alimento divino y se vengaron desterr\u00e1ndolo: fue expulsado de sus tierras por el dios Txktlpohk. Otra versi\u00f3n cuenta que Quetzalc\u00f3atl era un dios bondadoso que estaba enfrentado a Tezcatlipoca, el dios cruel; este pudo m\u00e1s que \u00e9l y lo conden\u00f3 al destierro. Sea como sea la historia, lo cierto es que antes de marcharse prometi\u00f3 volver por donde sale el sol en el a\u00f1o ce-acatl, seg\u00fan el calendario azteca, lo que luego se asoci\u00f3 con la llegada de Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Libretexts. (2022). 1.7: Mesoam\u00e9rica \u2014 Aztecas, Mixtecas, Maya (1400-1521 CE). <em>LibreTexts Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. https:\/\/espanol.libretexts.org\/Humanidades\/Arte\/Una_perspectiva_mundial_de_la_historia_del_arte%3A_1400CE_al_siglo_XXI_%28Gustlin_y_Gustlin%29\/01%3A_El_mundo_cambiante_%281400-1600%29\/1.07%3A_Mesoam%C3%A9rica_%E2%80%94_Aztecas%2C_Mixtecas%2C_Maya_%281400-1521_CE%29<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El ma\u00edz y el chocolate fueron dos de las plantas importantes utilizadas por los aztecas, sobre todo en los rituales religiosos y frecuentemente reflejadas en sus esculturas, junto con otros alimentos. El hombre que sostiene la vaina de cacao de gran tama\u00f1o es una escultura de piedra que representa a uno de los comerciantes que [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historia-y-actualidad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IND\u00cdGENA DEL CACAO - Museo del chocolate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/en\/indigena-del-cacao\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IND\u00cdGENA DEL CACAO - Museo del chocolate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"El ma\u00edz y el chocolate fueron dos de las plantas importantes utilizadas por los aztecas, sobre todo en los rituales religiosos y frecuentemente reflejadas en sus esculturas, junto con otros alimentos. 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