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JALCOMULCO.
Jalcomulco’s
population is located by the La Antigua river-Pescados section, 30 Kms
from Xalapa, and 22 Kms from Coatepec, towards Huatusco and Cordoba.
The
road towards Jalcomulco rapidly rises from 300 mts above sea level to
1500 asc. It’s variety of topography has made of thin place the
ideal place for climbing and “Rappel”, cause its numerous walls
such as the Tuzamapan and Chicabaxtla mountains, and the Pizaltepec.
Hills are located wins of an archeological area know as Cotlamani.
Along
it’s territory are numerous rapids of different levels to practice
Rafting.
The temperature
are normally between 21oC – 35oC.
HISTORY.
Jalcomulco
is an old town, from the prehispanic era by the Huitzilapan river that
in Castilian means the hummingbird river, today Pescados river.
The
entry of Castillian language
of the Nahuatl word, Jalcomulco means:
Xal=Sand,
Comul=pot or well, Co=Place. Place of the sandie well or sandie hills.
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Around
900 a. C. the Totonaca empire were populating the region and
became apart between the Huitzilapan and Papaloapan river.
Separately the Historical Olmecs that occupied Cholula and
Tlaxcala left to wands Veracruz and founded the Pin one nation
introducing what we know as old nahuatl. During the XIX
century, Jalcomulco remained as an island in the midst of an
ocean, surrounded by the Tuzaman Hacienda with an extension
of 400.000 acres, having north limits whit the Horduña
Hacienda. Eats with
Teocelo, west in the Lencero Hacienda and south with the grounds
limits of Maria Tlaltela and Huatusco.
LEYENDS.
By
June-July the population of Jalcomulco cultivate corn, beans and
avocados. If rain stopped and they cultivated with dry land, a group
of shamans from the local area, were going to a place know as Bella
Amatlitan where a ritual was performed. The ceremony was by scarifians
a white hen by a spring and ask for water for the cultivation. It’s
been told that the lack of believe and practice of this rituals, have
originated dry lands within the region.
ARCHEOLOGICAL
ZONE.
COTLAMANI:
The
flats the Antigua River are formed by numerous canyons, where the
vegetation is variable close and exotic vegetation. This complex
system of canyons deliver the water that come from the Cofre the
Peorte Mount and the Citlaltepetl. During the prehispanic era, the
military expansion from Mexico, interrupted in the modern Veracruz, by
which the Totonaca population and a higher percent left to look for a
place of difficult access such as the flats generated by the canyons.
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Establishing
cities and the La Antigua and Atoyac rivers some of them know as
Cotlamany. La Palmilla, Cuahutocho, fortified cities naturally as
web as artificially.
GASTRONOMY.
Jalcomulco’s
gastronomy
is web know by it’s crawfish, giant, shrimps know is Mexico as
Langostino, which is prepare on green salsa or spice with chipotle
chile. Other dishes well recommend are the cruzetas (cross catus)
prepared as spicy soup with swimming eggs. Also the tzote tamales are
characterized of this region.
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