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Indigenous peoples of Mexico first practiced the traditional association of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with end-of-the-year religious rituals.
Specifically, the Aztecs of ancient Mexico considered the plant's bright red December bloom a symbol of spiritual purity. The plant was native to southwestern Mexico and could not be grown at the higher altitude of the Aztec capital at Tenochtitlán. So the Aztecs protected the plant in its native range and introduced its cultivation into similar habitats elsewhere in Mexico.
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Where was poinsettia first grown?
The poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima is a native of Mexico.
Which country gave the US its first poinsettia plant?
Mexico; "Poinsettia" was the name of the US ambassador there.
Which ambassador to Mexico first introduced the Poinsettia to our Christmas customs?
Answer this question…Which ambassador to Mexico first introduced the Poinsettia to our Christmas customs?
Which tribe practices the poinsettia tradition nowadays?
The indigenous peoples who speak Nahuatl and who are descendants of the ancient Aztecs still practice the poinsettia tradition nowadays in Mexico.Specifically, the poinsettia tradition refers to the view of the plant as a symbol of spiritual purity. Because of the symbolism, the traditional view favors the plant's incorporation into religious rituals. So the plant's symbolic role in end-of-the-year celebratory events are continued by modern Mexicans who speak Nahuatl and seek to perpetuate the customs and traditions that they inherit from their Aztec ancestors.
Is tradition and religious practice the same?
Tradition is based on clans,and religious practices are practiced from those who practice them.
How the circumcision of female in Africa is practiced?
Traditionally it involves removal of the clitoris and labia although the tradition can vary widely in exactly how it is practiced.
What tradition is practiced on the last Sunday before Christmas in Finland?
silent night
What is the Christmas flower and the first letter is p?
Poinsettia is a christmassy flower
poinsettia is believed to have been the first used in connetion?
south america
What are the nutritional values of poinsettia?
what are nutritional values of poinsettia?
The poinsettia was called cuitlaxochitl by the Aztecs?
It wAs called poinsettia.
Where does the poinsettia originate from?
The poinsettia plant originates from Mexico.
