Huatulco
The legend tells the story that 2000 years ago a white bearded man arrived to Huatulco. Local people were surprised that this white men was fluent in Mixtec. The man spent some time with the local people, and spoke about things that most of them didn't understand.
This mysterious man left a cross planted in this place, he said to the local people that the cross was going to be the source of their happiness, and that the time would shortly come in which they would fully understand its meaning. The name of the place confirms the legend. Huatulco derives from Quauhtolco, which in Mixtec means "Place in which the wooden stick is worshiped"
The legend continues saying that during the year 1587, the pirate Thomas Cavendish arrived to this land and took by surprise the port of Huatulco. As the Pirate knew the legend of the cross, he tried to destroy it by various ways, but he eventualy couldn't harm it. The legend of the cross expanded towards South America, and various pilgrims arrived to Huatulco to worship the cross. The pilgrims took with them small parts of it, until the cross was later moved to Oaxaca. The people kept on asking for parts of it, and what wss left of it was distributed among the believers. The legend says that the Pope Paulus V also received its part of the cross.
Today, another cross can be seen in the same place where the old one was, in the Santa Cruz Bay, which is one of the 9 magnificent bays that compose Huatulco's main attractions: Santa Cruz, Chahue, Tangolunda, Organo, Maguey, Conejos, Cacaluta, Chachacual and San Agustin.
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