Mexico

Created for Folkorica.usBy Mrs. Naft- Educational Director

Ms. Pacheco- Artistic Director

Where in the world is Mexico?

The Continen

t of

North America

United States of America

Guatemala

Belize

Why is this lady smiling? What do you think

those funny

orange pods are?

Can they have something to do

with…

Chocolate?

Let’s find out!

Long ago ancient cultures of the land that is now called Mexico and Central America built great cities.

These are what remains of an ancient Mayan city in Mexico.

It is said that one powerful king drank 50 cups a day of a special drink from a golden cup. That drink was called…

chocolatl, the drink of the gods.

Today we call it chocolate, but how is chocolate made?

It starts with the fruit of the cocoa tree.

MolinilloA Molinillo is

a hand carved wooden hot chocolate beater from Mexico. You roll it back and forth in your hands to beat the chocolate into a frothy drink.

Bate, bate, chocolate,tu nariz de cacahuate.Uno, dos, tres, CHO!Uno, dos, tres, CO!Uno, dos, tres, LA!Uno, dos, tres, TE!

Chocolate, chocolate!Bate, bate, chocolate!Bate, bate, bate, bate, Bate, bate, CHOCOLATE!

So thanks to what the native people of

Mexico and Central America discovered

long ago, today we can enjoy…

Chocolate!