Tradiciones de Año Nuevo

Tradiciones de Año Nuevo

Fecha: 31 de DiciembreLugar: Nacional

Es una celebración que reúne a familiares y amigos para la cena. Generalmente, se tiene vino espumoso y justo a las doce de la noche se consumen las 12 uvas, que de acuerdo a la tradición debe de comerse una con cada campanada y representan los 12 deseos que se tienen para el siguiente año.

Algunas familias llevan a cabo otras tradiciones como comer o esparcir lentejas para la abundancia, barrer hacía el exterior de la casa para sacar lo malo del año que se acaba,  o bien, sacar las maletas para tener un año con muchos viajes.

Hay comunidades que han preservado algunas tradiciones ancestrales como: los jóvenes zoques en Oaxaca que se disfrazan de “huehues” (ancianos) para quemar el año viejo y comenzar la celebración. Entre los tzotziles y tzeltales de Chiapas se hace “El cambio de bastón” de las autoridades civiles y religiosas de los pueblos. Los mayas en el cambio de ciclo es común que renueven sus utencilios de casa.

FIESTAS Y TRADICIONES DE MÉXICO

THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION, ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING CULTURES

The Mystical Side of the Mayan Culture

The Mayans lived integrated into the cycles of nature and considered that there were three worlds: Ka'an (heaven) Kab (earth) and Xibalba (underworld).

For the Maya, the creator of the cosmos was Itzamná, both Lord from heaven, and Lord of the day and night. He was the son of Hunab K'u an invisible deity. The sky was supported by four gods, the “bacabes”, and they were related to the four cardinal points, with a ceiba tree in each one of them, since it was considered the tree of abundance.

The Mayan practice of astronomy was relegated to the ilhuica tlamatilizmatini, or "wise man who studies heaven". By observing the sky the Mayan people recognized an imaginary band located east to west representing a two-headed snake. The most important object in the sky is the sun, which is universally recognized as the prime life-giver on Earth. The priest-astronomers recorded Mayan cosmology in codices.

The most important application of the Mayan mathematical system along with the astronomy knowledge, was in the development of their calendars. The Mayans were obsessed with numerology, and used many "special numbers" to create their two interconnected calendars. The Tzolk'in, a calendar of 260 days divided into 13 numbers and 20 days, was a ritual calendar.

The Mayans had a series of rituals associated with maintaining the order of the cosmos, fertility and welfare. Virtually all acts of daily life such as birth, marriage, and death involved a series of rituals that included dances, sacrifices, self-sacrifice, ball games, etc.

For more information you click here to get the guides for the different destinations of the Mayan world http://www.arduinna.com.mx/pdf/rmy_en.pdf