Teabo Municipality () is one of the 106 subdivisions of the

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. Its municipal seat is located in the

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of Teabo. The Municipality of Teabo shares a boundary on the north with Mayapán-humayel, on the south with Tekax, on the east with Cantamayec-Tixméhuac and the west with Maní-Akil. It is home to indigenous Mayan people who continue to follow cultural traditions kept for hundreds of years. Vestiges of an important Mayan cemetery can be found in Teabo. Also, Teabo had two sacred buildings: the parish and ex-convent of San Pedro y San Pablo built in the 17th century and the Indian's Chapel that shows the date of 1617.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 20 communities the most important are: *Teabo (municipal seat) *San Higinio *Kulche

Nearby cities

The distances from the municipal seat to nearby cities are as follows: *

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History

Regarding the foundation of Teabo and the municipality of the same name, the exact dates are not known. During pre-Hispanic times it belonged to the chieftainship of Tutul Xiú. After its

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it remained under the control of various Spaniards, first recorded in 1753. The evolution of the population begins in 1821, when Yucatán declared its independence of the Spanish crown. In 1876, Teabo acquired the title of "Villa," or village. By means of published Decree #144, Teabo changed status from village to town.

Climate

Celebrations, dances and traditions

Popular celebrations

*April 28 to May 3 in honor of Santa Cruz. *July 27, in honor to San Pedro and San Pablo. *December 8 to 12 in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe, employer of the population.

Traditions and customs

For the Festival of the Saints, families build altars in their houses and food is offered to the deceased; typically consisting of traditional Mucbil chicken, accompanied by a cornflour drink, and chocolate beaten with water. Regional celebrations always include a dance called ''jarana'', and large competitions are held by participants.

Typical clothing

By custom, the women use simple ''Huipiles'', with embroidery that emphasizes the squared cut of the neck and the edge of the dress, is placed on Fustán that is an average subject curly bottom to the waist with earthen jar of the same fabric; they wear sandals, and to protect themselves from the sun, they cover themselves with rebozo. The farmers, mainly the older ones, dress in comfortable trousers, crude blanket, T-shirt buttoned in the front, (apron) made of ''cotí'' and a straw hat. For , or celebrations, the women dress formally, wearing ornate Ternos, made with fine fabric, embroidery and cross-stitched designs, generally by hand. The Ternos are complemented with long gold chains, earrings, and bracelets, as well as rosaries made of coral. The men dress in white trousers and wear ''

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'', embroidered shirts with front, waist level pockets (affluent men change the plastic buttons for a gold set of buttons), canvas shoes and hats of '' jipijapa''. During festivals, traditional red handkerchiefs are tied around the neck, indispensable when dancing ''jaranas''.

Crafts

The preparation of typical clothes, the embroidering by hand or to machine, ''urdido'' of hammocks with cotton threads and ''talabartería''.

Gastronomy

Foods

They prepare with mass of corn meat of pig, chicken and deer accompanied with sharp sauces with chili peppers Havanan and max. The main ones are: kidney bean with pig, ''chaya'' with egg, stew of hen, stuffed cheese, ''

salbutes A salbut (from the Yucatec maya 'Zaal' light and 'But' stuffed) is a puffed deep fried tortilla that is topped with lettuce, sliced avocado, pulled chicken or turkey, tomato and pickled red onion. Salbutes originate from the Yucatán peninsula and ...

'', '' panuchos'', venison ''pipian'', ''

papadzules Papadzules (; Mexican Spanish, from Mayan ) is a traditional dish from the Yucatán Peninsula resembling enchiladas. In its simplest form it consists of corn tortillas dipped in a sauce of ''pepita'' (pumpkin seeds) filled with hard-boiled eggs, ...

'', ''

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'', '' cochinita pibil'', ''joroches'', ''mucbil'' chicken, ''pimes'' and tamales.

Candies

The people make yucca with honey, pumpkin ''melada'', sweet potato with the Coco, ''cocoyol'' in syrup, pumpkin nugget marzipan, marshmallow, round maize loaves, '' tejocotes'' in syrup and candy of ''ciricote''.

Drinks

The traditional drinks are '' xtabentun'', '' balché'', drunk of anise, '' pozole'' with the Coco, tiger nut milk, cornflour drink of new maize and refreshments made from regional fruits.

References

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