Pedro Garcia from Chiplila Sector II stands in his field of full grown amaranth plants. Grain amaranth was one of the most important crops to the Aztecs and Mayans, along with corn and beans. The Aztecs made statues with popped amaranth and human blood which were eaten during religious ceremonies. When the Spanish observed this ritual they outlawed both the cultivation of amaranth and the religion. The elimination of amaranth all but succeeded for several hundred years.
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