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EL MAIZ
Guatemala
Nicaragua
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El maiz, the corn, sacred grain, gave birth to the lives of many aboriginal civilizations.
"From yellow and white corn their flesh was made; from cornflour the man's arms and legs were made. Only cornflour entered our ancestorts flesh..."
Popol Vuh
We are the children of the corn...
But our native seed is in great danger...
Bolivia
"...And everyone who eats corn is filled with great love, the same love it was made from"
Legend of Sara-Choglo
According to the Chibcha leyend, after the corn appeared, the town's starvation disappeared forever
Mexico is the point of origin of the corn. Here is where the greatest diversity of corn in the world exists, along with all of its evolutions and wild relatives, the teocintles.
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