Sowatlapayanke And Tlawanilistle Contest In Santa Ana Tlacotenco

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Sowatlapayanke And Tlawanilistle Contest In Santa Ana Tlacotenco

Corn for sale during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, a woman who grinds nixtamal in a metate), in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities. According to the National Biodiversity Commission, in Mexico, maize is part of the daily diet of thousands of families, it is the most widely grown crop in the country, it is an input for livestock and for the production of numerous industrial products, making it the most important agricultural crop from a food, economic, political and social point of view. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)


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