The Souls Day at Janitzio Island, Mexico
A wonderful place to see.
During the years I lived in Mexico before returning to Europe, I toured the country with great interest, as there are many pyramids and ruins of various native peoples. It is true the most important ones were the Mayas and the Aztecs, but they were not the only ones Hernán Cortés encountered when he conquered and colonized Mexico, New Spain.
Although the Olmecs were supposedly one of the pre-Hispanic peoples, from 1200 to 400 B.C., there were also others who were not even mentioned until much later. One of them were the Tarascan or Purepechans. It is most likely they were very ancient groups were there and mixed with others nearby, giving a more or less homogeneous result. However, both the Mayas and the Aztecs are known to have come to these lands from another place to the east called Aztlan, which esoteric books identify with the continent Atlantis.
Let’s locate on the map the area I am going to write about. Michoacán is one of the 32 States of the Mexican Republic and is located to the west of the central area of the country, with the Pacific Ocean to the south. In this State, in 1943 a volcano was born -the Paricutín-, which was active until 1952, and it is the only volcano whose birth date is known, since it emerged in a corn field without the slightest warning. The capital of Michoacán is…
