#trees of Chiapas

[sdws]

Nature as a celebration. Magnificient Tree of Life hidden in plain sight.

Beaucoup de mots et pensées à venir, de photographies évidemment bien que l'essentiel du travail soit ailleurs. Une terre riche d'informations - à l'interconnectivité évidente - où les données y ont été déposées il y a long afin de pouvoir au mieux processer les Temps présents, uniques dans l'histoire de l'Humanité.

Nous sommes arrivés à ce moment décrit dans l'Histoire, par celle des religions notamment mais bien au-delà, où ce qui est caché se révèle inexorablement. Où la Magie, qui n'est autre que l'Âme qui agit, opère.

Travailler et surtout intégrer cette parfaite et contradictoire dualité mexicaine originelle à l'image de Ometecuhtli & Omecihuatl, bien présente et transmise par les savoirs Mayas et tant d'autres, nous sera salvateur pour ce qui est à venir.

Chiapas. Mexico 2023.

[mayadusty]

. . . . . . . . . . . . #mayadusty #chiapas #estadodechiapas #zonaarqueologica #palenque #zonaarqueologicapalenque #mexico #cielo #sky #amanecer #reel #arboles #trees #naturaleza #nature #landscape #paisaje #ruinas #viaje #travel #picoftheday #ruins #archaeological #archaeologicalsite #ruinasmayas (en Ruinas De Palenque Chiapas.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnvTd3SuT6l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[callmeanxietygirl]

The unfortunate thing about 🎄 Christmas Tree Waterfall in Sumidero Canyon (Mexico) is that it’s best observed in the summer.

“Árbol de Navidad” is a seasonal waterfall, and when it isn’t raining, it sucks. Poor planning on nature’s part if you ask me!

https://www.nextleveloftravel.com/mexico/the-most-beautiful-place-in-mexico-sumidero-canyon-national-park/

[hapephotographix]

[proton-wobbler]

Warbler Showdown; Bracket 1, Poll 7

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

IUCN Rating: Near Threatened

Range: breeds from the Midwest to New Jersey, mostly concentrated within West Virginia and the other Appalachan states around it. Overwinters in the northern Andes, from Venezuela to Peru.

Habitat: mature forests and large, tall broad-leaf trees, with a seeming preference for areas with canopy gaps, both in the breeding and overwintering range.

Goldman's Warbler (Setophaga coronata goldmani)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern (subspecies not listed)

Range: Non-migratory and localized to central Guatamala and the east edge of neighboring Chiapas, Mexico.

Habitat: high elevation coniferous woodlands, with pines and junipers.

Image Sources: Cerulean (Joley Sullivan); Goldman's (Daniel Aldana)

[bumfool]

hello this is my total list of band names which i started keeping track of in uhh

silly brain thing

puddle of dust

new phobia

dog smell

hello monkey

monkey defense league

gnome child

sex men

look at this cool bug

a little blood

water hog

chilado moledo

wak

moon monkey

shakara

ashkelon

me you storm drain

when the water isn’t clear

dog child

spider tree

ratboy

kingfisher

the hole thing

hadio red

yucky yuck yuck

macramé

we came flying from heavenly worlds

long bob

penis patrol

bucket brigade

stick on fire

tumor tits

earth defense group

bad dream brigade

cat haus

frick sniffer

silly boy

nothing castle

the pareidolics

the miceketeers

bonobo brigade

weird arpeggi fish

billy pilgrim

item nine

el harvey

feline groovy

honey mustard

better than water

gulliver’s girdle

moon bloom

actual flower

the most gigantic

lying mouth

wall of ice

worm buffet

bluku oktan

ricecake

bull sperm

western pleasures

twiggy barlow

letters to abigail

the hat men

punji pit

cockroach prom

cadaver synod

chromatophore

musa velutina

father gunstore

hobo house

woodlouse

slan shack

phantom hand

wisconsin wolfman

aswang

the globster

hunger stone

grazguul thrakka

shudder head

judas hole

repo men

human bean

the julia chord

cosmic sausage

beyond sausage

ilumina

survivor worm

volcanson

god sent the palatine back

ghostly schooner

night clear, sea calm

drive until doomsday

bouteille

mary and the celestes

suicide tuesdays

ballzords

along the coast road

apportioned for foxes

another long walk

nice pen. it’s not a pen anymore

calaguala

pseudodeath

the LD50s

ataraxis

the earth dies screaming

the inseminoids

soft option

donna perola

the gumptions

primordial fungus

protofungus

thick cut bacon band

shaman fraud

fradulent shamans

the chlorindas

the fresnos

saqqara

as chiapas

mop water

the big machine

hexalog

pseudocide

government job

yarn chickn

stiff breeze

we should talk

subproject 3

no. 56 dipper / number 56 dipper

compass moon

no such luck

slop taco

sloppo

cindy the skull

purgatory creek

pig irons

cudbrain

milkweed monster

tulpa florida

denim crown

anna i miss you

the flakes

sugar urine disease

the true story of your death

broken stairway

divine disorder

the crimson hexagon

the senseless perditions

axaxaxas mlö

the plaster cramp

ireneo funes

bliss st.

we’re probably okay

under contract

clodhoppers

black oats

disgusting decrepit rat

saint fungus

hog chariot

enuma elish

akasha

dog in water

pain free prozac experience

no wild dog or fear

old goat skull

great land, house of shades

beneath earth

billenia

gordon through the door

monoxide blue

tiger mask

texas mack

vast poodle

ob dixilis

very velvet

myriagon

fallen glass

chronic wasting disease

seabirds

dozens of ships

moribund understanding

branching of road

safer smoking

pearl sugar

citrus psyllids

napalm stars

carnivorous deep-sea sponge

asterion

rat regrets

electromeat

dumpster cat

willowbush

moon monkey

frogspawn

laïs

asrar nama

zahir (shadow of the rose)

lulu breaks your heart

fungal disease

qaholom

panthalassa

hagstone

stonetops

waxman hides honey sticks on the fridgetop

trash and food

nightswimming

the inca doves

seeds from dead tomatoes

seeds from dead fruit

dreaming bad dreams

lönnrot

camel caboose

sixteen thousand

holding toads

droopy moon

moth brother

cecropia

perpetualcombustion

souvenir society

cages for mutants

mixednuts

pakistani tekken

the film rips

the parallax view

robot subplot

red super bomb

tracing stains

pearlesaint

saint pearl

something sinister

bone bag

[jacks-tracks]

Roca Blanca

30 k north of Puerto is Roca Blanca beach, an empty stretch of sand that runs some 5 k south, past a crocodile lagoon, a few stranded fishboats, 1 zillion coconuts, and not much else. At the beach entrance are maybe 10 palapa restaurants, but on a weekday only Jose and Lulus is open. Friendly family run, jose skin dives and spear fishes for the table, while his wife Lulu cooks with her daughter in the board shack kitchen. Beach front palapa, the usual plastic chairs, full shade from a palm thatch roof, and a 180 degree view of the ocean, beach and Roca Blanca one half K offshore( a rugged 2 hectare rock topped with coarse low growing greenery, and deeply coated with white guano, giving it it's name.) There are numerous reefs just breaking the surface offshore, and the corner of the bay is a picture postcard pocket beach turned from the incoming surf, safe for swimming

Access from Puerto is by one of the many vans that do a set run from Puerto to Pinotepa 50 pesos to Cacalote turnoff, maybe a one half hour ride, depending on which cowboy is driving and how often they pass a tractor/coke truck/ motorcyclist/ or anyone fool enough to dawdle. Even with a safe driver, it's nerve wracking, since the oncoming traffic often contains some yahoo who just has to struggle past a truck on a blind curve. Vans don't carry cargo like in Asia, but this one had a 20 kilo bag of powdered milk on the floor,which was topped by a tippy carton of 1oo's of eggs. Hold on at corners!. These vans are how locals shop, visit, and travel. Surprising how many people fit in a van!

At the turnoff the driver kindly pulled well off the road, so we did not have to jump out into traffic. Paid our 50 pesos each, and happy to arrive safely. No taxis in waiting which is unusual, so we walked in. (AM, still cool in the tree shade) i walked with Leslie from Savary island and we chatted about coastal things and island life. Dirt road after Cacalote's cement, coco palm plantations, cattle pasture, and just plain bush. Gordon and Maru, also from Casa Dan, dawdled behind. Effusively greeted by Lulu, we ensconced in the breezy chairs, and had cold drinks. I lucked out and got a green coconut with sweet milk and spoon meat, one of my favorite foods. Wave watching is mezmerizing, and this time was wildly enlivend by a humpback whale one half k offshore who twice breached three quarter out of the water in a vertical leap,falling back with an almighty splash. Huge!

Getting hotter despite some hazy clouds, so time for a swim. I'd packed the night before, but as 2 of my 3 swimsuits were drying on the line i somehow neglected to pack the third one. Duh! However, since the beach was empty i just walked a half K south and skinny dipped. Given that my ass is so white, from a distance it probably looked like a suit anyway. Small surf, easy entry, saw no rays(Leslie did) and it was fun to frolic in the gentle waves, pretending to body surf.

Back at the palapa, everyone broke out books or chatted Nice to socialize, and leslie was able to speak fluently in Spanish, giving Maru a change from the sea of English, She's from Mexico city, and while her English is improving, I know how frustrating it can be to struggle for the appropriate phrase or difficult word.

By noon it was time for lunch, a menu specializing in seafood. The daily special was a filet of a fish whose name I've never heard, cooked with garlic and a bit of rice. Firm white flesh, mild flavour and very fresh. Jose's catch of the day. At 270pesos($20) it was pricey, but more than even i could eat. I still find it odd that Mexicans want to eat rice rather than fresh corn tortillas. Rice does not grow here on the coast. In reality, most of the food consumed here is imported from the interior or down south in Chiapas. The main agricultural crop is peanuts and papayas with mangoes in season. Oddly too, there are no fresh peanuts in the markets, papayas are expensive, and mangoes imported from the Yucatan. Mangoes are flowering, and will overwhelm the local market in April/may. Papayas are exported. Locals grow corn in home fields, or on stripped off hillsides, but it's easier to but corn flour or tortillas from the many torterias in all markets and most neighbourhoods. The mercadoes are full of fruit, all delivered from other places and consequently expensive. in the 3 months I've been here , prices have risen 10%. Still cheap for chicken ($3 pound), and tortillas fresh from the comal ovens are 5 for 10 pesos. Mexico banned GM corn.

Siestas all round after lunch, in hammocks slung along the palapa poles, then more chats, swimming, beach walking, lo-fing. Some how it got to be 3:30, and we called for our bills. Jose kindly drove us out to the highway in his nice four door truck, saving us a hot walk, and a van zoomed along shortly after that had lots of empty seats. There are at least 3 van company operating this route, drivers giving their counterparts a friendly finger wave. Fewer close calls, back to puerto quick, and a combi truck full. Back home by 5 pm. A very satisfactory day, so much so that I'll do it again next week. Having lounged around puerto for 2 months i am motivated to get out to wild spots. No takers for the hot springs walk.I may go alone on that one. likely back to Agua blanca with Pete, Jill ,and Lorraine next week.

[tarsiciopafnucio]

Buenas Noches... /Goodnight... /Bonne Nuit... (Halo lunar sobre árboles cubiertos de nieve /Lunar halo over snow-covered trees /Halo lunaire au-dessus des arbres enneigés - Kosmo Es - Telegram) (en Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkzyYsbuC_y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[spoke9]

Gary Soto

Chiapas

There is the one who turns

A spoon over like a letter,

Reading the teeth-marks

Older than his own;

The one who strikes a match,

Its light flowering

In his eyes,

The smoke in his throat;

The one who opens the mouth

Of a dog to listen

To the sea, white-tipped

And blind, feel its way to shore.

At night

They walk in the streets,

The dust skirting their legs

Raw with lice

And the wind funneled

Through a doorway

Where someone might pray

For a loaf of good luck.

*

Somewhere the old follow

Their canes down

A street where the front

Pages of a newspaper

Scuttle faceless

And the three-legged dog hops home.

A door is locked twice

And flies ladder a scale of fish.

Somewhere a window yellows

From a lantern. A child

With fever, swabbed in oils

And mint, his face

Spotted like an egg,

His cry no different

Than the cry

That shakes the trees lean.

A candle is lit for the dead

Two worlds ahead of us all.

[leanstooneside]

Taking that critical first step

XOYAUI

INLAND

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HUEHUETZI

FALCON; YAN

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INTLACAMO

PROFIT

WORD TOTOMIHUACAN

OGISTS

ATTACK OF NEZAHUALPILLI

CECEMELQUIXTIA

MERRY

BATTLE

EAST

HIMSELF

APPEARING

SHORES OF NEW SPAIN

WRAP THE CORPSE

MIAHUA

CITY

CAXTLAUITL

EXPRESSION IN DIOS

TLATILOLCO

DIVERT

OFFSCOURINGS

APP

TROCHILUS

I.E

CENCA

PREP

PRET

NEGOTIATIONS

GOVERNOR OF AZCAPOTZALCO

OCTICATL

ILACATZIUI

LORD. ON TEZOZOMOC

OFFICER

DANGER

GUADALAJARA

MOLINA

TLALIA

PETLACOATL

IN MA OC

MOUNTAINS

SHORES OF THE GULF

PETLATL

FORAY

HAIR

SHROUD

OROZCO Y BERRA

VOCABULARY

QUETZA

CYPRESS TREES

HUAN

COMPOUND OF QUETZALLI

MOUTH

CUICOYAN

ATLAMACHTIA

CHIAPAS

VERSE

FEATHER

CORNSILK BIRD

METRE OF

JOAN BAUTISTA

ASSOCIATE OF QUAUHTEMOCTZIN

IXAMAYO

ANALYSIS

TIGERS

RULER

CLAVIGERO

IZTLACOA

HUELTETOZCATEMIQUE

ODOR

ARROW

SOMEBODY

TIZAOCTLI

ESSENCE

SERPENT WOMAN

METRE

PARTICLE PO

BUD

ACALLAN

RAY OF THE SUN

TLASCALLANS

CO

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HUALLAUH

[mayadusty]

. . . . . . . . . . . . #mayadusty #chiapas #estadodechiapas #selva #selvalancandona #zonaarqueologica #yaxchilan #zonaarqueologicayaxchilan #lacandonjungle #mexico #rugido #monosauyadores #amanecer #reel #arboles #trees #naturaleza #nature #landscape #paisaje #finalinesperado #sonidosnaturales #viaje #travel #picoftheday (en Yaxchilan, Chiapas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnD2MURuIRc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mexicanistnet]

Scientists in Mexico have discovered a new species of lizard, the Coapilla dragon. This tiny, tree-dwelling lizard is brightly colored and extremely rare. Sadly, threats like habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trafficking put its survival at risk.

[chocolateytruth]

Transformation Production

How did the cacao production contribute to the expansion of capitalism? With the increased popularity and allure towards chocolate, the Europeans are in need of the chocolatey goodness even more than they could have believed when they were first introduced to the product. The transformation due to the consumption of chocolate brings a new age of production that Americans saw with tobacco and later cotton. You can find cacao being produced in areas twenty-three degrees above and below the equator which you can observe to be in tropical climates. Through the shift in elements of production, land labor, and capital, we could observe that cacao production contributes to the expansion of capitalism.

In Latin America, there were a number of systems for labor that took place in their agricultural systems such as encomiendas, the system of rewarding conquistadors tracts of land including the right to tax and extract labor from the Native People and in the seventeenth century, haciendas were introduced. This is where we can observe the implementation of the colonial plantation system where European powers such as Spain and later on other colonial nations established large scale cacao plantations in their overseas colonies in particular regions like Mesoamerica, Soconusco (Chiapas, Mexico), Tabasco (Mexico), Oaxaca (Mexico), the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) as well as Guatemala and Honduras. In these areas, we could see them being either oversaw on plantations like mentioned or as well as Haciendas. Haciendas, similar to Latifundio, are a result of the decline of the native population. With the decline of the native population, the economic value of encomiendas lost its importance as a source of economic revenue. Haciendas were categorized for being large estates normally owned by Spaniards and criollos or rarely by wealthy mixed-race individuals. With this kind of agricultural system in place we saw an increase in the production of cacao, but the most notable moment is when the landowners switched from native labor to enslaved labor. Enslaved labor was required when the native populations started to diminish, and the landowners needed people that could survive the harsh and strenuous working conditions of cacao productions. Enslaved African people transported through the Middle Passage were the key for the Spanish to rapidly increase the expansion of capitalism. Capitalism increased the most with the movement of enslaved people due to the vast amount of people they were able to exploit. They exploited these people just so they could become rich off their hard labor since they could not believe a Spaniards doing the same job “as those people.” As Americans, they treated the enslaved as well as the natives without any respect for their lives and livelihood.

Land and labor were not just the key points in the contribution of the expansion of capitalism for cacao production. Capital was the last major part. Capital can be a number of things, but in the perspective of cacao, the Spaniards are looking for more ways they can get their hands on it. And so, with the bringing of seedlings to other places outside of the Americas that could possibly grow these plants and so, we can see why there is a vast amount of cacao trees on the West African soil. The Spanish not only had to exploit their people on the Native Mesoamerican soil, but also on the West African soil where they are able to have a lot of hectares of cacao plantations. And there, they continue to exploit the people even to this day, but we’ll go over this in another category. The need for capital greatly contributed to the expansion of capitalism because the Spanish not only required a stupendous amount of cacao, but also wanted absolute control over the cash crop since they planned to take over the industry entirely. This control was so they can show that they have passed the Dutch and the Portuguese in their trading businesses and come out on top.

In conclusion, the cacao production contributed to the expansion of capitalism because of it becoming a cash crop that led to the need for more land and capital, and the need to use forced and exploited labor. Without these factors nor the vast interest in chocolate we may not have seen such a rapid expansion in capitalism that much. Capitalism needed cash crops such as cacao, sugar, tobacco, and cotton to rapidly force the market to need them and justify the need to exploit the people and the land those people live on.

Bibliography:

Lecture

The cacao economy of the eighteenth century Providence of Caracas and the Spanish cacao Market, Eugenio Pinero

[culleng-lss]

Peering through the trees, Agua Azul Waterfalls in Chiapas, Mexico

[y4mmyb0y]

I think this is why everybody hates anarchists. You get to go to chiapas and decide to come back to tell me about the hegelian characteristics of zapatismo, give 1 sentence to imply women and gay people are mistreated without elaborating, and then give me a paragraph about how they drink coke chop down trees and eat meat. How can someone be so detatched from reality, do you want them to call it ZapaCola so its not problematic and being critical of clearing land so that starving people can eat is actually evil. If you can grasp political and economic imperialism how the fuck does cultural imperialism find itself lost on you.