{"id":69815,"date":"2024-05-06T14:01:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/?p=69815"},"modified":"2024-05-20T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:56:18","slug":"mexican-caribbean-yucatan-news-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/may-2024\/mexican-caribbean-yucatan-news-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Caribbean &#038; Yucatan News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lvv0wnhc-e73519c0930da82c239701de9dd69ba1\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lvv0wnhc-e73519c0930da82c239701de9dd69ba1{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#00467f;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lvv0wnhc-e73519c0930da82c239701de9dd69ba1 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#00467f;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lvv0wnhc-e73519c0930da82c239701de9dd69ba1 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Mexican Caribbean <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Yucatan News<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-gallery wp-image-69818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/travesia-sagrada-maya-845x565.jpg\" alt=\"Travesia Sagrada Maya Xcaret\" width=\"845\" height=\"565\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Sacred Mayan Journey<\/h3>\n<p>Celebrated on May 24 and 25 in the Riviera Maya, the Travesia Sagrada Maya or Sacred Mayan Journey is the reenactment of an ancient Mayan pilgrimage in a fleet of wooden canoes to the holy island of Cozumel to worship at the shrine of the goddess Ixchel.<\/p>\n<p>Xcaret Park is the location of ancient Pol\u00e9, once a Mayan port and the departure point for pilgrimages to Cozumel. \u00a0At dawn, around 300 oarsmen will board their canoes in the bay and set sail with the blessing of Mayan priests, the ruler and his courtiers and Pol\u00e9 villagers.<\/p>\n<p>The pilgrims make landfall on Cozumel at Chankanaab Park at around 1 p.m. and worship at the shrine of Ixchel. The return voyage to the mainland is the following day and they are greeted in Pol\u00e9 with great joy.<\/p>\n<p>After six months of arduous dawn training sessions, hundreds of oarsmen from Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and even further afield are ready for the Travesia Sagrada Maya or Sacred Mayan Journey. They follow the sea route taken by ancient Mayan pilgrims who traveled to the sacred island of Cozumel (Kuzamil) to worship at the shrine of Ixchel, the goddess of fertility, childbirth and the moon and tides. Depicted as an old woman or a beautiful young maiden, Ixchel was also the patron of fishing, painting and weaving.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to witness the Sacred Mayan Journey, ask at the Thomas More Travel desk in your resort for Xcaret tour and ticket options.<\/p>\n<h3>New ferry service to Cozumel<\/h3>\n<p>Xailing is offering a new ferry service from Playa del Carmen to the island of Cozumel with departures at regular intervals throughout the day. If you would like to go diving, snorkeling or simply explore Mexico\u2019s largest Caribbean island, hop on the Xailing ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasmoretravel.com\/\">Thomas More Travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated on May 24 and 25 in the Riviera Maya, the Travesia Sagrada Maya or Sacred Mayan Journey is the reenactment of an ancient Mayan pilgrimage in a fleet of wooden canoes to the holy island of Cozumel to worship at the shrine of the goddess Ixchel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[700],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-may-2024"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Mexican Caribbean &amp; 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