Quetzal, Pájaro Sagrado... Relato Mixteco

Sabias que esta ave, era considerada sagrada y sanadora???...

Episode Transcript

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To. In the past there wasin the jungle a bird that had beautiful

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feathers, which the mists called saltay what meant sacred bird and yes,
bird sang very beautiful, its singingballad cure. In order to heal the
soul it was necessary to search inthe jungle and listen to its song as

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close as possible. Chinese I alsocame to use the bird' s beak
to cure any illness, as longas it would not have resulted in their
ancient medicine. The beak of thesacred bird cost it itself or badly and
then it was ground by that dust, it was taken and healed by a

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sacred bird to which I am referringand quetzan. The elders say that their
colors were confused with the leaves ofthe trees that in rainy times was very
easy to confuse. Its colors wereleaf green, dark green, bright as
the water lily and green carrizo.So were the colors of the quetzal feathers.

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This bird sang so beautiful that eventhe animals were said to stop their
ears to hear their Chinese singing.Me, the quetzal is the sacred bird

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for the Mixtecs. He was thefirst bird to sing when there was light
in the world. And it isalso said that he was chosen by the
gods because they themselves dye their feathers. And these are stories people tell us.

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These are Mixtec stories that tell ushere in the coven of the night.
Good night.