The word Senote came from the Spaniards being unable to pronounce the Mayan word for breast. The only fresh water source in the Yucatan peninsula were these caves that Pam and I were able to visit. This is one of the few caves that people can actually go to since the Mayan people still consider them sacred. The place we went to was commercial since it is not owned by a Mayan.
The Mayans believed that Mother Earth fed them and sustained their lives through the Senotes and therefore performed many of their rituals in them especially human sacrifice since the balance of life had to be maintained. Life had to be given for life sort of thing.
The next couple of shots are of a typical Mayan house where they fed us corn tortillas.
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