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Papantla (Spanish: ⓘ) is a city and municipality located in the north of the Mexican state of Veracruz, in the Sierra Papanteca range and on the Gulf of Mexico. [1] The city was founded in the 13th century by the Totonacs and has dominated the Totonacapan region of the state since then.
Vanilla is deeply rooted in the identity of Papantla, a city in eastern Mexico where reinas of festivals are anointed with a vanilla-made crown.
Drawing of the Vanilla plant from the Florentine Codex (c. 1580) and description of its use and properties written in the Nahuatl language. Vanilla planifolia traditionally grew wild around the Gulf of Mexico from Tampico around to the northeast tip of South America, and from Colima to Ecuador on the Pacific side, as well as throughout the Caribbean.
Edmond Albius (c. 1829 – 9 August 1880) [1] was a horticulturalist from Réunion.Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. [2] At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably.
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A second law regulating was promulgated in 1767, after Totonac vanilla growers in Colipa complained about thieves stealing immature vanilla pods. During Humboldt's travels in Mexico, most European imports of vanilla conveyed through the port of Veracruz, and Totonacs in the Misantla region harvested about 700,000 vanilla beans per year. [6]
Carnival in Mexico ((in Spanish) Carnaval) is celebrated by about 225 communities in various ways, with the largest and best known modern celebrations occurring in Mazatlán and the city of Veracruz. Larger celebrations are also found in the Baja California and Yucatán Peninsulas , similar to other Carnivals with floats, queens and costumes ...
When the Aztecs conquered Totonacapan, part of the tribute was in vanilla beans, mostly used to flavor chocolate drinks in Tenochtitlán. In the recent past, vanilla was a major trade in the region, with a number of vanilla “barons” in the first half of the 20th century making fortunes as middlemen and exporters.