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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Teresa de Miguel

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Indigenous mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status - Caught on Camera

Mexico Cenotes Rights - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A huge poplar tree stands proud in Maribel Ek's courtyard, adorned with a sign that reads: “Florece desde adentro” ("It blooms from within").

Deep underground, the tree's long roots search for the water that makes this land special: a sinkhole lake, known as a cenote.

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