"Nixtamal"

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15 July 2025

Claudia Morales and Manuel Morales, originally from Santa Cruz Acalpixca in the Xochimilco district of Mexico City, dedicate themselves, along with others, to the production and sale of crystallized sweets. They aim to promote their products, such as chilacayote, pumpkin, beet, pineapple, and nopal, which they transform by hand into crystallized sweets. The crystallization of sweets is a technique of convent origin that emerges in the New Spain era. It consists of slowly cooking fruits or vegetables in water and sugar, which gives them a translucent appearance. According to information from the municipality, crystallization is a preserving method that dates back to pre-Hispanic times. At that time, techniques based on quicklime or calcium oxide are used; one of the most famous is nixtamalization. The Crystallized Sweets Fair has been held since 1982 in Santa Cruz Acalpixca, Xochimilco, Mexico City.

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18 September 2022

A woman grinds nixtamal on a metate in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who grinds nixtamal on a metate), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities.

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#8870148

18 September 2022

A woman grinds nixtamal on a metate in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who grinds nixtamal on a metate), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities.

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#8870156

18 September 2022

View of nixtamal on a metate in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who martaja or grinds nixtamal on a metate), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities.

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#8870164

18 September 2022

A woman grinds nixtamal on a metate in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who grinds nixtamal on a metate), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities.

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#8870170

18 September 2022

A woman grinds nixtamal on a metate in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, woman who grinds nixtamal on a metate), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities.

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#8870206

18 September 2022

View of elotes (corn) prior to the Sowatlapayanke Contest (in Nahuatl, a woman who grinds nixtamal on 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.

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#8870208

18 September 2022

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.

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#8870212

18 September 2022

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.

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#8870214

18 September 2022

Shelling corn 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.

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#8870216

18 September 2022

Two women make corn tortillas 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.

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#8870218

18 September 2022

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.

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#8870220

18 September 2022

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.

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#8870222

18 September 2022

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.

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#8870210

18 September 2022

A person walks in front of a mural 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.

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#8870172

18 September 2022

A group of people hold a maguey stalk in Santa Ana Tlacotenco in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, during the Tlawanilistle Contest (in Nahuatl, to drink pulque in the shortest time), on the occasion of Mexico's Independence Day festivities. Pulque is a traditional drink made from the fermentation of agave or maguey. Its consistency is thick and viscous. Its production and consumption occurs mainly in central Mexican states, such as Tlaxcala, State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Puebla, Morelos, Queretaro, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, and Veracruz.

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