Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Tradition of Planting Corn
The tradition of planting corn is that in the olden days when our ancestors planted corn, before they plant corn they have to watch at the moon. When it is quarter moon it is a good time to plant corn in your farm. So if you plant corn when the moon is not in quarter you will not have a good production. When preparing the piece of land that you will plant your corn our ancestors did not do slash and burn they do" Mata Ambre" means that they cut down the trees were they will plant their corn and they do not burn the trees that are already cut in the land because in tradition/culture if you burn the land they say it takes away the good source of nutrients that is inside the soil and at the end you will not have a good production. Also in the culture only the men go to plant corn besides that the women stay to cook food for their husbands. As well the men do not eat before they go to plant corn. So at the end of there plantation they do a short refection or prayer to ask god to send rain.
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Hi Danny,
I have a few questions for you. I look forward to hearing your answers.
How did you prepare the land for this planting?
It was recently a full moon, do you think this will affect how well the corn will grow?
How long did it take you to plant the field?
Take care,
Alli
Hi alli,
Fist of Alli ,Isidoro sho as an extention officer we paid him to do the choping and then he burn it. well acutually alli I am not really familar with the moon but that what the Mayas said and Iam a yucatec Maya. when I wrote about the moon I think it will affect because it happen to us one time. apart from that we started plant corn from 5:30 in the morning up to 9:00am so that is aproximately 3hrs. and 30mins.
Alli check the comment that I wrote to answers your questions if you do not find it email me at danielrosado36@yahoo.com or you could give me your email
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