The Mayan people of Central America and Mexico had a cacao god named Ek Chuah, whom they honored with a festival each April. Along with the usual animal sacrifices, how did they celebrate the happy occasion?
A) By bathing in cocoa B) By dancing on a mountain-top C) By exchanging gifts ü D) By performing skits enacting the creation of cacao
The cacao plant from which chocolate is made is native to the Americas, and people have used it for thousands of years. In Mayan mythology, cacao was not created by the gods, but discovered by them in the mountains as part of a trove of delicious foods. In due course, a god named Sovereign Plumed Serpent passed the secret of cacao on to the Maya.
