Teabo Municipality

Communities

The municipality is made up of 20 communities the most important are:

• Teabo (municipal seat)
• San Higinio
• Kulche

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 conquest 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.

Geography

Nearby cities

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

• Oxkutzcab, Yucatán 18 km southwest 21,508 people.
• Ticul, Yucatán 26 km west 30,282 people.
• Merida, Yucatán 72 km north-northwest 717,175 people.

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

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, mandil (apron) made of cotí and a straw hat. For vaquerías, 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 guayaberas, 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, panuchos, venison pipian, papadzules, longaniza, 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

References

1. (2012). "Presidente Municipal". PRI.
2. "Municipios de Yucatán »Santa Elena".
3. "Mexico In Figures:Sacalum, Yucatán". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).