Thursday, 28. February 2008
Topic: NEWS english - on February 28, 2008 at 10:02:00 AM CET
Cola Wars in Mexico - Tzotzil Indians in Mexico know the dangers of globalization and soda pop.
Thousands of candles flicker in the dim chamber. The air is thick with the smoke from copal incense. On the altar, men in black wool tunics and white knee-length pants play solemn music on drums and gourds. Below them, a score of Tzotzil Indians chant in small circles on the pine needle-covered floor. In the center of each circle are candles, eggs, copal and pox—fermented corn mash—in an old glass container, stopped with a corn cob. And next to the pox is a half-liter bottle of Coca-Cola or Pepsi.
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