# @theartistmasik on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGYpoOOpIf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61221748-theartistmasik-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-05-03T14:46:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PAMELA MASIK  Artist | Creative Strategist + Catalyst (@theartistmasik) — https://gondola.cc/theartistmasik

## Caption

Once upon a time, women were not allowed access to the cenotes; the only ones who entered were the priests to extract their waters, which were considered miraculous. 

The only way a woman could enter was to perform a strange ritual. They were pushed from a great height into the cenote. 

If they survived and asked for help it was a good omen from the gods, if they were unconscious or drowned it meant that the gods were angry with the rulers.

The paradox of all this is that according to INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico), the oldest skeleton in America, which was more than 12 thousand years old, was found in the cenote Hoyo Negro, located in Tulum, and belongs to a woman from Siberia.

There is a feeling of history for a reason. The water hauntingly beautiful, at the same time, cleansing away any moment before or after the present..

..and that it was- a gift- to experience such beauty with my dear friends.
stellaschamber pamelamasik_artist #cenotes #inspiredbynature #yucatan #artistlife #pamelamasik_artist

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yucatan, pamelamasik_artist, inspiredbynature, artistlife, cenotes

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