I-cenote iyi-sinkhole ejulile, egcwele amanzi e-limestone eyenziwa lapho uphahla lwe-cavern eliphansi komhlaba liyehla. Lokhu kudala ichibi lemvelo eligcwala imvula namanzi ageleza emifuleni engaphansi komhlaba. Igama elithi cenote livela egameni leMeya dzonot , elisho "kahle." Amanye ama-cenotes angama-shafts ahlanzekile, agcwele amanzi, kuyilapho amanye emimeni equkethe amachibi namanzi angaphansi kwamanzi ngaphakathi.
Ama-cenotes athambekele ekubeni namanzi ahlanzekile, alula, namanzi ahlanzekile.
Ama-cenotes ajwayelekile eNhlonhlweni yaseYucatan lapho umhlabathi ngokuyinhloko uhlanganiswa ne-limestone, futhi kunezinkulungwane zemifula yama-cenotes kanye naphansi komhlaba; yizona eziyinhloko yomthombo wamanzi. Lezi zinhlanzi zazidlala indima ebalulekile kuMosan cosmogony, futhi namuhla ziyi-draw enkulu abavakashi abaza ukubhukuda futhi badilize futhi bahlole lezi zimbobo zokubhukuda zemvelo eziqabulayo.
Ukubaluleka kwamaCenotes
I-Cenotes yayibaluleke kakhulu kumaMaya asendulo ngoba ayebhekwa njengamavesi angaphansi komhlaba. Ama-cenotes amaningi, kuhlanganise ne-Sacred Cenote e- Chichen Itza kanye ne-cenote e-Dzibilchaltún, asetshenziselwa ukunikela ngeminikelo: izigcawu zesintu nezilwane, kanye nezinto zokunikela ngegolide, i-jade, ubumba nempepho.
I-Cenote Ukubhukuda nokuDoba
Ngosuku olushisayo e-Yucatan, akukho lutho olungcono kunokuthatha idiphozi eliqabulayo ku-cenote.
Ezinye zazo kulula ukuzithola, ngezinyathelo eziholela emanzini, kanti ezinye ziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, enezilinganiso. Kunoma yikuphi, cabanga uma wehla ku-cenote ngoba izinyathelo zingaba ezisheshayo.
Njengoba amanzi agcwalisa ama-cenotes ngamanzi emvula aye ahlunga emhlabathini, ngokuvamile anezinhlayiya ezimbalwa ezimile, ngakho-ke amanzi ahlanzekile kakhulu, okwenza kube nokubonakala okuhle kakhulu.
Bayakujabulela ukungena ngaphakathi.
Uma uvakashela i-Peninsula yaseYucatan, ungase ube nethuba lokubusiswa um shaman Maya ngaphambi kokungena e-cenote. Lena yindlela yokubonisa inhlonipho ngokubaluleka kwamacenotes kumasiko weMeya. I-shaman noma i-healer izoshisa impepho eminye bese ithi amagama ambalwa ngoMeyi, ukukubusisa nokukuhlanza kwamandla amabi ngaphambi kokuba ungene ku-cenote. Lokhu kuzokwenzela ukuhlanzeka kwakho okungokomoya, kodwa futhi kuyinto enhle ukukhumbula engqondweni yakho ukuthi uyayifaka yini emzimbeni wakho - zama ukuhlola ama-sunscreen yamakhemikhali kanye nokulahlwa kwezinambuzane njengoba kungangcolisa amanzi futhi akuthandeki impilo yemvelo ye-cenote.
Nazi ezinye zezinhlanzi e-Peninsula yaseYucatan ezihle kakhulu zokubhukuda, ukuhamba nge-snorkeling noma ukudilika:
- I-Gran Cenote, i-Tulum
- I-Dos Ojos Cenote
- Cristalino Cenote
- Ik Kil Cenote (i-Blue Cenote)
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