The dish also comes topped with a tomato-pepper sauce, more hard boiled eggs and habanero sause if you like it spicy! Although it may sound like a Dr. Seuss book, papadzules actually taste very cheesy and delicious!
Since Independence Day in México just passed (16th of September), I have been listening to a lot of traditional music, or música folclórica, which is classic to México and played frequently around the holidays specifically. A song you might be familiar with is, “La Bamba (Son Jarocho)”!
Since I am working at a school here in Chetumal, I also get to take some classes on the side! I have started a class about the Mayan language and culture, and this week we got to learn a rap song in Maya. I had to stand up in front of the class and sing the words as fast as I could; here is one of the lines from the song as an example: “Ts’o’ok u ts’onik ts’unu’unil.” You can probably guess it did not sound very good, but it was very fun!
This week I read a lot about the Mayan people, history, cultural traditions and crafts. I had a big weekend of travel and was exploring many new parts of the Yucatán, so I got to learn and read about a lot of cool new things. For example, I learned that there is a bird called the Quetzal, which is the only bird of its species and it is sacred to the Mayan people. Its long beautiful tail feathers can have up to seven different colors, and the bird is a symbol of light.
