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Tourism & Travel / Travel report on Chichen Itzá | | Spanish term or phrase: cenote sagrado | | I am writing a series of travel notes on Latin America at http://community.iexplore.com/planning/journalGuide.asp?Favo... and am presently writing a note on Chichen Itzá. Amongst the points of interest, there is a "cenote sagrado" and I cannot find the English translation for this word. Thank you so much. |
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| | Sacred deep sinkhole | Explanation:
Cenotes
The natural wonders of the state of Yucatan are innumerable and some of the most important and unusual are the cenotes (say-NOH-tays) or sink holes. In the Yucatan there are over 3000 cenotes, with only 1400 actually studied and registered.
The Maya called them dzonot (ZO-note), which the conquering Spaniards translated as cenote (say– NO–tay.) Giraldo Diaz Alpuche, was a military commander in the 16th Century who was greatly impressed with these underground caverns and pools, and he tried to explain the meaning of the word cenote in the Spanish language as meaning "deep thing". The Motul dictionary, a dictionary of Mayan hieroglyphics, defines dzonot as "abysmal and deep".
Cenotes are magical, enigmatic and unique in the world and were once the only resource for fresh, sweet water in the local Yucatecan jungle. They were the sacred places of the Maya for that reason, but also because they represented the entrance to the underworld.
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