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El Árbol del Tule (The Tree of Tule) is located
in the church grounds in the town center of Santa
María del Tule approx 9 km east of the city
of Oaxaca. The Tree is a Montezuma cypress
(Taxodium mucronatum), or ahuehuete (meaning "old
man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the
stoutest tree trunk in the world. In 2001, it was
placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World
Heritage Sites
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Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia Reginae) 
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Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia Reginae) 
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Arborele Lalea, Laleaua de Gabon (Spathodea
campanulata)
 The Gabon tulip tree ( Spathodea campanulata)
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 The Gabon tulip tree ( Spathodea campanulata)
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Text Internet Fotografii si prezentare
Sanda Foisoreanu
2010
Magia blanca - Los Hermanos Carrion
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Legends of El Árbol del Tule For the Zapotec
indigenous populations, Tule means 'Tree of
Illumination' or 'old water.' According to their
oral legends and cosmovision, they believed that
humans originated from trees and celebrated a
ritual known as the Mixtec dance of the cypress,
offering offerings and ceremonies to the
ahuehuetes. There are two legends about the
origin of El Árbol del Tule. The Zapotec people
recount that this great ahuehuete was planted
1,400 years ago by Pechocha, a priest of Ehécatl,
the god of the wind. The other legend tells of
King Condoy, an ancestral leader of the Mixe
region, who ruled over the Cempoaltépetl hill.
The king and his followers embarked on a journey
to build the city of Mitla to prevent another
king from seizing those lands. The construction
of this new city required much effort and work
one night, everything changed when a rooster
crowed, signalling bad omens. The king was so
frightened that he ordered the work to stop,
which is why the palaces of Mitla remain
unfinished. On their way back to their lands,
the king and his followers passed through a
swampy area where a water plant called "tolin"
thrived. Condoy felt tired after a long journey
and decided to rest, burying his heavy staff. To
his surprise, it began to sprout, giving birth to
the great Árbol del Tule, which means "tree of
illumination" A settlement was established next
to the tree, and today, El Tule is part of the
atrium of the Santa María temple, standing tall
alongside other smaller and younger cypresses.