Namuhla amaqembu amane ezinhlanga ahlala endaweni yaseTabasco: iNahuas, iChontales, iMayaszoques namaCholes. Kodwa-ke, isiko lomdabu elidumile yiChontal, ngoba amasiko nezinkolelo eziningi zeTabasco zisekelwe esikhungweni sayo sasendulo, esigcwele izici zikaMayan no-Olmec.
Leli fa lamasiko linquma ukwenziwa kwemisebenzi ehlukahlukene yobuciko obudumile. Ekhaya ngalinye lomdabu, kudliwa ukudla neziphuzo emithangeni ebhemayo, izinkezo zazo zemikhosi ziqoshwe kahle zinemidwebo ezibambo; Umsedari obomvu usetshenziselwa izihlenga zawo nama-altare noma imigwaqo lapho kubanjelwa khona umcimbi kuhlotshiswe ngephepha lasechina.
Kuwo wonke amasonto esifundeni somdabu saseNacajuca nasogwini kunesiko lokuthandaza kosanta ngolimi lweChontal, kuyilapho umuntu oyedwa ehumushela olimini lwesiSpanish.
Cishe kuwo wonke amadolobha aseTabasco ukumelwa kokubulawa kukaKristu kwenziwa ngeViki Elingcwele, ikakhulukazi emasontweni aseTamulté de las Sabanas naseQuintín Arauz lapho kulenga khona izikebhe ezincane ezenziwe ngokhuni ophahleni, njengokubonga umusa owutholile.
Umgubho obaluleke kakhulu owoDisemba 12 wokuhlonipha iNcasakazi yaseGuadalupe, okwakhelwa kuyo ama-altare ezindaweni nasemakholoni nakuwo wonke amadolobha ombuso. Endlini ngayinye lapho kuvakashelwa khona i-altare, i-pilgrim yamukelwa ngokudla okumnandi ngokuvamile okuqukethe ama-tamales abomvu nama-atole ezithelo ezahlukahlukene.
Emcimbini ngamunye wezenkolo kunomphathi wezinduna ophethe ukulungisa imbiza enkulu kashokolethi ayihambisa phakathi kwalabo abaya emicimbini yemikhosi.
E-Tenosique, ngesikhathi somkhosi kwenziwa umdanso odumile ka-El Pocho, noma ngabe kuyiholide noma cha, kuso sonke isifundazwe i-pozol ithathwa njengesiphuzo esiqabulayo, esinikwa ama-jícaras enziwa eJalpa, Centla naseZapata. Amakhukhunathi aqinile nawo aqoshwe kahle futhi asetshenziselwa izinhloso ezifanayo.
Izimo ezinhle zamaphalenti, amabhodwe, amapuleti, izinkomishi, impepho kanye nama-comales zenziwe ngobumba, kwesinye isikhathi zihlotshiswe ngedlelo elilula elenziwa kakhulu ngabesifazane abavela komasipala baseTacotalpa, Jonuta, Nacajuca, Centla naseJalpa de Méndez, ikakhulukazi ekukhonzeni lungisa ukudla okuyisiko.
Ukudla kwabantu baseTabasco kumnandi futhi kuyahlukahluka, njengoba kufaka phakathi i-armadillo, i-tepescuintle e-adobo, i-jicotea, i-pochitoque ne-guao (izinhlobonhlobo zezimfudu zomhlaba) ezinosobho nezitshulu, i-pejelagarto eyosiwe; ama-chipilín tamales amnandi nama-tortilla chips adumile, ngaphezu kwezindlela eziyinkulungwane okuphekwa ngazo ukhova.
Umasipala ngamunye kwabayishumi nesikhombisa abakha umbuso unemigubho yawo kanye nemikhosi, lapho abantu bejabula ngomculo wesifunda nemidanso, ukubonakaliswa kobuciko okukhombisa ubuhlakani babantu baseTabasco. Ngakho-ke, yonke into eseTabasco ingubuciko, konke eTabasco kuyisiko.
Umthombo: Umhlahlandlela WaseMexico Ongaziwa No. 70 Tabasco / Juni 2001
