Spirituality

Maní in the Yucatán: The Place Where They Tried to Burn the Memory of the Maya

The main square in Maní // Photo: Stanisław Strasburger

In the small town of Maní in the Yucatán, the memory of the Spanish conquest of the Maya mingles with religion, ancient rituals, and questions about the future. We visited this "magical town."

By Stanisław Strasburger, from Maní (Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico)

Maní: the name of this Maya town of around five thousand inhabitants, located deep in the Yucatán Peninsula, appears proudly on the main square, written in colourful letters as tall as a grown adult. As if someone might end up here by accident and only realise their whereabouts from the sign.

To get here, you have to turn off the motorway at a petrol station, 80 kilometres from Mérida. Beyond it, a narrow road gives the impression of having been carved through the subtropical forest.

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