Mexico MetropolisA 15-meter-high duplicate of the Kukulcan pyramid at Chichen Itza is being constructed within the capital’s Zócalo, as a part of a 360-degree gentle and sound present, with 2D and 3D animations devoted to the Mayan folks and Felipe Carrillo Puerto, which can happen from July 12 to 21.
Within the courtyard of the Mexico Metropolis Museum, the overall director of Massive Neighborhood Festivals, Argel Gómez, defined that, along with the audiovisual projection and video mapping on the monumental pyramid, there shall be a dance efficiency with the participation of 40 dwell dancers who’re a part of the Infinita Compañía, directed by Raúl Tamez and Rodrigo González.
That is the second time {that a} present of this nature has been held. In 2021, as a part of the commemoration of the five hundred years of resistance towards the Struggle of Conquest, a mannequin of the Templo Mayor was constructed, which generated controversy however attracted 1000’s of tourists.
On this event, Argel Gómez defined that some passages from Mayan narratives through the Colonial interval, such because the Popol Vuh and the Chilam Balam, shall be projected onto the duplicate of the pyramid, and other people will be capable to study concerning the life and work of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, former governor of Yucatán and defender of the Mayab.
Attendees, he added, will be capable to see an train in historic reminiscence about “the nice cultural contributions of the traditional Mayans and the social and peaceable revolution that the Yucatecan indigenous folks carried out within the Nineteen Twenties, releasing themselves from the slavery to which they have been led by the henequen trade of the Porfiriato.”
He stated that the present is a collective work during which greater than 200 folks have participated, together with the workshop leaders of Arte Xibalbá, accountable for the monumental mannequin, the Maizz Visible group, answerable for the animations, and the members of the Animadores Mexicanos collective, who created the illustrations for Carrillo Puerto.
The Head of Authorities, Martí Batres, thought-about it an obligation to recollect Felipe Carrillo Puerto and transmit what he did, inside the spectacular Mayan tradition, to the brand new generations.
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– 2024-07-04 15:26:49
