A cultural embassy for la Nación Xicana is based on the  idea that Raza that live in the U.S. continue to have a  cultural connection to the South, and specifically, the  ancient ceremonial center of Teotihuacan. This ancient  city was important to all peoples of the continent. Raza  maintain a cultural connection to maiz cultures  because part of their daily diet - is thousands of years  old: corn, beans, squash, chile.

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Probably the majority –  due to colonialism and de-Indigenization - do not have  a conscious connection to that culture, though they  remain very much a part of it, as a result of the  Indigenous foods and traditional medicines still in use  to this day.Cross-Cultural Connection and Learning establishing a cultural embassy here is predicated on  the idea that all maiz-based peoples should visit  Teotihuacan at least once in their lifetime.

One visit  alone can inspire life-changes, enough to set a person  on a life-long journey to come to know that ancient  culture, a culture that actually spanned the entire  Americas and one that continues to be very much alive. 

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The embassy will facilitate learning of those  connections that bind virtually all maiz-based peoples  and cultures with the goal of seeing themselves as part  of living interconnected cultures, giving them a sense  of thousands of years of belonging that they are  generally denied in El Norte.

Transnational Scope.

At the Aztlanahuac Embassy, the outreach will be transnational in  scope since it would be collaborative with other  original peoples of the continent – including but not  limited to families, artists, writers, scholars, educators,  storytellers, knowledge keepers and other learned  elders - of the Teotihuacan Valley and Anahuac, home  of Mexico City-Tenochtitlan. Much can be done there,  and there are no limits, from ceremonial runs,  temazkales and sacred healing circles, to workshops to  cultural exchanges, including visits to other nearby  cultural, ceremonial and educational centers.

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Aztlanahuac is open. Come visit.

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