The legend of the Mani's Cenote

Xunci-Mani was the name of the woman we are going to tell you about.  What was so interesting about her, you might ask? She had a talent to predict future! She was a loner and lived in the periphery of Mani.  She would only come out of her hut to tell people her prophecies.  And everyone would listen to her as everything she said tended to come true. One day she came out to share another of her prophecies and suddenly, the sky turned black and in a moment the woman disappeared!  That day she talked about some strangers who would come and destroy the race of Indians and the land will be covered with:

-blood,

-tears

-grief

She predicted that everything from the Pacific Ocean (or the Big Sea as they used to say) to the Gulf of Mexico (the Cyan Sea) will be wiped out. Xunci-Mani claimed that there will be new people with new beliefs. As you might already know the Spanish conquered Mexico and destroyed most of the Mayan culture several decades afterthe prophesy was announced. The most amazing thing about Mani wasthat some ofher predictions were about even our days. That’s why some of the people from her town didn’t quite believe her. It’s no surprise as it was very difficult for people of those times to imagine that people will have cars and planes (weird animals and birds made of metal as she described them). She also predicted phones and that we will be able to talk to each other even if we are on different continents.

As  you  walk  into  the  town  of  Mani  you  are  greeted  by  arch  made  of  rocks.  You can find abeautiful cenote that has a very thrilling legend to tell. According to this story the Mani cenote will be the only place where people will be able to get a supply of water when the oceans disappear.  An old woman will appear from nowhere.  She will be holding a jug of water and every sip from it will make a little child die.

Camila Mendiola, Angel Alvarez.