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Published: March 15th 2010July 11th 2008
El Tajin as decribed by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Taj%C3%ADn
El Tajín is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the present-day municipality of Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It was the major site of the Classic Veracruz culture and one of the largest cities in western Mesoamerica during the Classic era.
Tajín means city or place of thunder in the Totonac language, and is believed to have been one of the names for the Totonac god of thunder, lightning and rain.
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I'm a Freelance Photographer and live in the NC Mountains. I love travel as most people on this blog. As a photographer I love trying to photograph a verb and show what happened and tell the story with one or few images. I love travel by train or boats, renting a car seems like a waste of travel time as it isolates the traveler from the locals. My last trip was to Mexico visiting Xalapa, Veracruz City and Puebla, and Cetral America before that... full info
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Totonac voladores rite preform almost daily at El Tajin.
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