The Prehispanic Astronomy Museum - Astronomia Prehispanica Museo
In this video, Rossana Quiroz Ennis, PhD, Director of the Prehispanic Astronomy Museum at Cañada de la Virgen near San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, is interviewed by Joel P. Aaronson, a director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA. Since 2004 Rossana has been studying and documenting the motions of the heavenly bodies in relation to the pyramid complex at Cañada de la Virgen. Her observations have contributed to our knowledge of Mesoamerican culture and archeoastronomy. Her work is a resource for the presentations of the guides who take visitors to the pyramid.
This video provides background for the two videos that cover actual tours: Cañada de la Virgen _ Part I Introduction to the pyramid. and Part II - Mysteries of the Pyramid
The music, Señor de la Muerte from the CD Seguimos Resistiendo, is used by permission of Chichimecca Jonaz.
MEXICO'S BEST KEPT SECRET PYRAMID [Cañada de la Virgen]
Welcome to Mexico's best kept secret archaeological site. Cañada de la Virgen is an Otomi archaeological site that has been recently excavated. Located in the state of Guanajuato, these are considered some of the northernmost pyramids in Mesoamerica only 25 KM from the city of San Miguel de Allende.
The site was first discovered 1998 and the official excavation began in 2002, with public access starting in 2011. Unlike other pyramid sites in Mexico, this one is located on private property, so you must book a tour.
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Cañada de la Virgen was named after a geode found in the canyon that when opened resembled the virgin Mary. The site served as a ceremonial space where the Otomi people used sophisticated time keeping instruments aligned to the movements of celestial bodies. This area was occupied between 540-1050 AD.
We visit local archaeologist, Rossana Quiroz, who studied the lunar calendar of the Otomi people and did much of the research behind this site. We visit the Museum of Prehispanic Astronomy which explores the cycles of the moon and sun in relation to the pyramid.
We finish with a delicious Mexican feast at the museum.
Enjoy Mexico's best kept secret pyramid!
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Cañada de la Virgen Part 1
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Cañada de la Virgen is a recently excavated archeological site near San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico. This video presents information about the Mesoamerican culture and the site surrounding the pyramid and related structures. I wish to thank Albert Coffee, our expert guide for his hands on knowledge of the pyramid. Thanks also to the Genographic Project of National Geographic for the Human Migration Map. Also to googleEarth for the tour flyovers. And to Ernesto Tovar Almanza - Grupo Jonáz Chichimeca for permission to use their wonderful indigenous music.
In Part-II Albert Coffee will guide us through the pyramid and other structures sharing his extensive knowledge of the mysteries that make Cañada de la Virgen one of the most important Mesoamerican architectural discoveries. Watch Part II - Mysteries of the Pyramid here:
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Hi, my name is Wilka Roig. I am president of the branch of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation in Central México. The foundation is inspired on the works and deeds of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, humanitarian, psychiatrist, and Hospice pioneer. I am here to invite you to a very special and unique opportunity as we celebrate the inauguration of the foundation's branch in Central México, here in San Miguel de Allende. The event connects the cycles of nature, the traditions of our ancestors, and the Death Positive Movement. Please come join us and add your voice to this important conversation around the evolution of our death culture. Thank you!
Hello, my name is Rossana Quiroz, and we are at the museum of pre-Hispanic astronomy. Here inside the museum there is a small restaurant, also of pre-Hispanic food, called Zänä, which means Moon in Otomí. We want to invite you to a dinner that we will have two days before the new moon, two days before the moon dies. And it is a dinner that will be inspired precisely by the thought and idea that pre-Hispanic people had about the cycle of life and death, what happens to us after we die. Please join us this coming August 28, so you can accompany us at this dinner of Mictlan, dinner of the dead.
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Hola, me llamo Wilka Roig. Soy presidente de la sede de la Fundación Elisabeth Kübler-Ross en México Centro. La fundación está inspirada en el trabajo y obras de la Dra. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, humanitaria, psiquiatra y pionera del movimiento Hospice. Estoy aquí para invitarlos a una oportunidad muy especial y única, en la que celebramos la inauguración de la sede de la fundación en México Centro, aquí en San Miguel de Allende. El evento conecta los ciclos de la naturaleza, las tradiciones de nuestros antepasados y el movimiento de Positividad con la Muerte. Únete a nosotros y agrega tu voz a esta importante conversación sobre la evolución de nuestra cultura de muerte. ¡Gracias!
Hola mi nombre es Rossana Quiroz y estamos en el Museo de Astronomía prehispánica. Aquí adentro del museo hay un pequeño restaurante también de comida prehispánica que se llama Zänä, que quiere decir Luna en Otomí. Queremos invitarlos a una cena que vamos a tener dos días antes de la luna nueva, dos días antes de que la luna muera. Y se trata de una cena que va a estar inspirada precisamente en el pensamiento y la idea que tenían los pueblos prehispánicos sobre el ciclo de vida y muerte, qué pasa con nosotros después de que morimos. Los esperamos entonces este 28 de agosto, para que vengan y nos acompañen a esta cena del Mictlán, cena de los muertos.
Video by Janosh Chassan Films
Gil Gutierrez and friends at Rancho Zandunga
Guitarist, GIl Gutierrez, gathers fellow musicians and music lovers at Rancho Zandunga in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico for music, food and libations. It's a great way to relax and enjoy a Sunday afternoon. Most of the music on this video was recorded live at Zandunga. Some of the still images used Gil's composition, Isabella, from his CD, The Sound of Latin Music, as background. All music was used by permission from Gil Gutierrez. To make a reservation at Zandunga, email info@gilgutierrez@gmail.com
Cañada de la Virgen Part ii - The Mysteries of the Pyramid
In Part II our guide, Albert Coffee, will relate some of the mysteries surrounding the culture that lived here and and how it is unique among mesomerican culture in general. Rossana Quiroz Ennis has spent over a decade studying the astronomy and archeology which of the site. Her findings greatly enhance Albert's presentation. Ernesto Tovar of Chichimeca Jonaz has graciously granted permission to use their indigenous music. During the videoing of this tour, the wind was not our friend. Certain sections are a bit tough to make out. I di not want tot leave out ay important information however, so please bear with those few moments. I welcome comments. If you have not already seen part I, you can find it here:
Chapel of Jimmy Ray
Anado McLauchlin and his partner Richard Schultz have built a unique garden in a secluded area near San Miguel de Allende. The Chapel is not a place for prayer in the religious sense, but a place for meditation on the mysteries that inspire the artwork in which they live. The Chapel explores a mythological Jimmy Ray, inspired by Anado's father, Dr. James Rayburn McLauchlin. This event was an open house which also hosted art by Agustin Santoyo. His works are a reflection of his personal experiences, of contact with his immediate social and cultural context, and of a desire to explore new themes, a search that has found expression in collage, painting, installation and intervention in objects and spaces. The background music is Astor Piazzola remixes: Vuelvo al Sur by Koop, and El Viaje by 4Hero. If you like them, buy them. I did!
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