Photo: Katherine Fogden, NMAI
Juanita Velasco (Ixil Maya) grinds cacao beans into chocolate during the 2011 Power of Chocolate Festival. The Maya and Aztec peoples valued cacao pods as symbols of life, fertility and even currency.
Power of Chocolate: Chocolate demo
Photo: Katherine Fogden, NMAI
February 1, 2012
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