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| Arriving at the Chorro Falls, rest and enjoy the surroundings.
Chorro remained a settlement across many centuries from Classic Maya
time to the present. Water is an essential resource that has always
attracted people to this place. |
| Maya prehistoric monuments left in the form of ruined buildings
are found around here. Near the Chorro cascades there is a minor center
with pyramids and range buildings appropriately named Chorro. Although
not currently accessible to the public, you have to go baka-bush to
get there, this could be an added attraction to this trail in the
future. |
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| There is more to this spot. During the Caste War of
the Yucatán, when the Maya rose up and challenged Mexican authority
in the last half of the 19th Century, renegades and refugees moved
south. Place names around El Pilar reflect that period of history.
Chorro was a destination, as was Yaloch (to the north at the lagoon
of the same name) as well as Yalbac and San José (to the east).
Destinations with names, even Spanish ones, as most of these are,
suggest that there were hamlets in these locales. Many of the neighboring
communities can trace their heritage to Chorro and people living along
the riverside today were born here. |
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