Editorial photo #8870220 Human Interest

Sowatlapayanke And Tlawanilistle Contest In Santa Ana Tlacotenco

Making corn tortillas during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who martaja or grinds nixtamal in 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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Photo ID: #8870220
Date taken: 17 September 2022
Location: —
Photographer: Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto
Category: Human Interest

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