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  • Totonacs stone sculpture of a turtle on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_027.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculpture of a skull on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_028.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_030.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100407.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100408.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100405.JPG
  • A young Mexican boy poses by a statue honoring the indigenous Totonac people in the Plaza Central Israel Tellez Park in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100243.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_035.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100400.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100399.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100389.JPG
  • A Volador performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100231.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_034.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_029.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100404.JPG
  • A Voladores prepare to climb the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100396.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_036.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100398.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100394.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100388.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100386.JPG
  • Voladores prepare to performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100230.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100392.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100241.JPG
  • A Voladores prepare to climb the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100395.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100238.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100233.JPG
  • A Volador performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100232.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100393.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100387.JPG
  • A Volador performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100239.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100237.JPG
  • Statue honoring the indigenous Totonac people in the Plaza Central Israel Tellez Park in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100228.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100402.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100397.JPG
  • A Volador performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100242.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100236.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100235.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100409.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100391.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100410.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100240.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100406.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100390.JPG
  • Voladores performs in front of the Church of the Assumption in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Papantla Mexico_100234.JPG
  • A diorama of the prehispanic Mesoamerican Olmec cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_061.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_039.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_041.JPG
  • A Mexican food vendor sells fresh chickens under a mural of the El Tajin pyramid outside the central Market in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100247.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_037.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_044.JPG
  • A Mexican sits under a bust of Benito Juarez in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100246.JPG
  • A street vendor sells hand carved wooden kitchen implements in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100229.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_043.JPG
  • A Mexican food vendor sells fresh chickens under a mural of the El Tajin pyramid outside the central Market in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100245.JPG
  • A diorama of the prehispanic Mesoamerican Olmec cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_060.JPG
  • A Mexican food vendor sells fresh chickens outside the central Market in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Papantla Mexico_100244.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_038.JPG
  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_040.JPG
  • A Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_311.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_315.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_313.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_309.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_318.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_312.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_314.JPG
  • A Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_310.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_316.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_305.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, climb up the pole to perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_304.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_307.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_319.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_317.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_306.JPG
  • The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
    Papantla Flyers_20170930_308.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid building 18 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Church of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion peaks up from behind the massive sculpture: Evolution of the Totonac culture by Teodoro Cano Garcia, in the Plaza Central Israel Tellez Park in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Overview of the Mesoamerica Pyramids at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • An architectural model in miniature of the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin on display in the museum in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100417.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100355.JPG
  • Overview of the Mesoamerica North Ballcourts at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Palace of the Arts building I at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches on the left at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100344.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • A man walks past the city sign past the sculpture Evolution of the Totonac culture by Teodoro Cano Garcia, in the Plaza Central Israel Tellez Park in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Blue Temple Pyramid, right, at the  pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100383.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100358.JPG
  • Tourists view the Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100354.JPG
  • Overview of the Mesoamerica North Ballcourts at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Details of decorated stone niches on Building C at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100347.JPG
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