MEXICO

Exploring Morelos

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Para mí sólo recorrer los caminos que tienen corazón, cualquier camino que tenga corazón. (I only trek the paths that have heart, whatever path that has heart.)
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Morelos is bordered by the State of Mexico to the north and west, Puebla to the east, and Guerrero to the south.

CULTURAL WORLD

Keep an eye open for the cuexcomate, a traditional rural means of storing corn (maize). They were once quite common but they have been disappearing.

Savvy educators have made Cuernavaca one of the most popular centers for learning Spanish and numerous students travel abroad to learn español.

HISTORY

Morelos was named after José María Morelos, one of the heroes of Mexico's War of Independence. The state was previously dominated by the Chichimecs and inhabited by the Xochimilca and later the Tlahuica, who founded the settlement of Cuauhnahuac, a name later changed by the Spaniards to Cuernavaca.