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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1996
Page
18
The article outlines Mexico’s independence festivities with night speeches by the president in Mexico City, the ceremonial bell and flag waving, the “Viva Mexico” shout, and nationwide parades, lights, music, and dances marking Sept 15–16 as fiesta time.
A village priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang a church bell at midnight on September 15 1810 and urged the people to fight for freedom. His speech sparked a long war of independence that lasted eleven years before victory for Mexico.
The Olmecs in Mexico and Central America flourished around 1200 to 300 B.C. They created a 7 foot tall, 10 ton stone head and built cities and villages. Farmers irrigated fields, possibly pioneered corn cultivation, and governed themselves under rulers and priests. They invented calendars, numbers, writing, and enjoyed ball games.
The Mayans thrived 250 to 1000 with skilled art, architecture, farming, math and astronomy. By 900 they abandoned many cities, leaving unfinished works and a vanished culture. Plagues, war, or drought may explain the mystery. At Chichen Itza a pyramid features 365 steps and a serpent sighting at equinoxes.
A compact overview covers Teotihuacan as a vast ancient city with about 200000 inhabitants, Toltec statues atop a pyramid, and worship of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl shared by Toltec Mayan and Aztec cultures. It notes Aztec art, writing, a detailed calendar, farming skill, temple building and human sacrifice, and mentions an Olmec Art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. through Oct 20 with thanks to Mexican Embassy press staff.
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