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Ahuehuete<\/h1>\n

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Hace un a\u00f1o, tuve el placer de visitar un \u00e1rbol, se llama, “ahuehuete”\u00a0 en Nahuatl (a-way-way-tay) o en espa\u00f1ol, “El Tule”. Ahuehuete crece en el valle de Oaxaca, Mexico. Hab\u00eda muchas turistas mexicanos caminado alredador ahuehuete. Los jardines cerca del \u00e1rbol eran magnificos con muchas flores, una fuente y \u00e1rboles esculpidos con figuras diferentes. Los jardineros son artistas de la tierra.<\/p>\n

A year ago, I had the pleasure to visit a tree called, “Ahuehuete” in Nahuatl (a-way-way-tay) or in Spanish, “El Tule”.\u00a0 Ahuehuete grows in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico. There were many Mexican tourists walking around Ahuehuete. The gardens near the tree were magnificent with many flowers, a fountain and scultpted trees with different figures. The gardeners are artists of the land.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ahuehuete es gigantesco y el \u00e1rbol ten\u00eda ya un mil quinientos a\u00f1os cuando los espa\u00f1oles invadieron M\u00e9xico in 1519. Tambi\u00e9n, el ahuehuete tiene uno de los m\u00e1s grandes truncos del mundo. Este tipo de \u00e1rbol es de la misma familia bot\u00e1nica de las secuoyas en California del Norte. Las secuoyas son los \u00e1rboles m\u00e1s alto de la Tierra.<\/p>\n

En Nahuatl, “ahuehuete” significa “agua profundo”.\u00a0 Este tierra sol\u00eda un pantano, pero ahora, la tierra es seca. Los granjeros y los constructores hab\u00edan drenado el agua y esto ha estresado El Ahuehuete.<\/p>\n

Ahuehuete is gigantic and the tree was already fifteen hundred years old when the Spaniards invaded Mexico in 1519. Also, Ahuehuete has one of the largest trunks on Earth. This type of tree is in the same botanical family as the sequoias in Northern California. The sequoias are the tallest trees on Earth. <\/em><\/p>\n

In Nahuatl, “ahuehuete’ means “deep water”. This ground used to be a swamp, but today the earth is dry. Farmers and builders have drained the water and this has stressed Ahuehuete.
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Un nudo en Ahuehuete<\/p><\/div>\n

Por una hora, camin\u00e9 alredador del ahuehuete y cada vista fue \u00fanica. El \u00e1rbol tiene una presencia que me sent\u00ed desde la distancia. \u00a1Tantas personas disfrutaban el ahuehuete de su propia manera! Yo vi a familias tomando fotos juntos; algunas mujeres j\u00f3venes estaban posando por el \u00e1rbol; los amantes estaban bes\u00e1ndose y abraz\u00e1ndose. Me parece que el ahuehuete los miraba y disfrutaba de la conexi\u00f3n con los humanos.<\/p>\n

For an hour I walked around Ahuehuete and each view was unique. The tree has a presence that I could feel at a distance. So many people were enjoying Ahuehuete in their own way! I saw families taking photos together; some young women were posing for the tree; lovers were kissing and hugging. It seemed to me that Ahuehuete was watching them and enjoyed the connection with humans.<\/p>\n

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