10th Annual Sacred Mayan Crossing Reenactment This Weekend

photo by http://www.travesiasagradamaya.com.mx/

This weekend marks the 10th annual reenactment of the Mayan Sacred crossing from the Yucatan Peninsula to Cozumel. Called the “The Evolution of the Warrior,” forty canoes are expected to row the 31 KM journey round trip from Xcaret Park on the mainland to Chankanaab Park in Cozumel.

Four hundred people, 214 men and 186 women from several different countries, are registered to recreate the way in which the ancient Mayans paid tribute to the goddess IXchel, deity of the moon and fertility.

The event is scheduled to begin on Friday, May 20th at Xcaret where there will be a ritual farewell dance ceremony starting at 5:30 AM. The canoes, weather permitting are expected to reach Cozumel approximately 1 PM. That evening, in Cozumel, a private meditation ceremony is scheduled

On Saturday, May 21 the 40 canoes will set off, once again, from Chankanaab Park en route to Xcaret, where the closing dance ceremonies will take place.

This is the 10th year of the reenactment, which originally started with five 5-person canoes and eleven 10-person canoes. A total of 2,230 canoes with rowers from 22 countries have participated. For more information, check out the event’s webpage.

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An ex-Connecticut Yankee who has called Cozumel home for over 18 years, Laura ran away to the Caribbean years ago, bumped around the islands teaching SCUBA diving, lost some time in Jamaica, and finally stopped in Cozumel for a 2 week vacation that hasn’t ended yet. With a degree in Journalism from a fancy private college she convinced her parents to pay for, Laura writes, edits, and creates the weeklyCozumel 4 You news,social media, and promotional articles about the island, as well as moderates the Cozumel 4 You Facebook group, which currently has over 25,000 members. Her long suffering husband, Fabian, has long since resigned himself to having zero private life, as he’s been involved in her various schemes and plots since his arrival. Proud parents to a variety of rescue dogs and cats, Laura continues to be the bane of her traditional Mexican mother-in-law’s existence, as she muses her way through life in the Mexican Caribbean.
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Una ex yanqui de Connecticut quien llama hogar a Cozumel desde hace más de 15 años. Laura escapó al Caribe hace años, desplazándose de una isla a otra dando clases de BUCEO. Se dedicó a perder el tiempo en Jamaica y finalmente se detuvo en Cozumel para pasar unas vacaciones de 2 semanas que aún no terminan. Convenciendo a sus padres que pagaran una elegante universidad privada, obtuvo su título en Periodismo y Laura crea semanalmente Cozumel 4You, medios sociales y artículos promocionales sobre la Isla y también es moderadora en el grupo Cozumel 4 You en Facebook que actualmente cuenta con 25,000 miembros. Fabián, s umuy tolerante marido, desde hace mucho tiempo se resignó a no tener vida privada, pues se ha visto implicado en los diversos proyectos y planes que urde Laura. Son orgullosos padres de diversos perros y gatos rescatados. Mientras contempla su paso a través de la vida en el Caribe mexicano,Laura continúa siendo la pesadilla en la existencia de su muy tradicional suegra mexicana.

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