The domestication of the corn grain, eight millennia ago in the south of the Mexican state of Puebla, was fundamental for the foundation and expansion of all the cultures of what is known as Mesoamerica.

Thanks to the milpa system, in which corn, squash, beans and chili were planted in the same place, the native peoples found their food source, the bases of their economy and, of course, their culture and traditions, which still survive. despite the Spanish domination, which imposed modifications, but due to their effectiveness they have not disappeared. And they live and will live for a long time, because they are the livelihood of much of the country

This exhibition documents some of the rites, traditions and ceremonies around the agricultural cycle of central Mexico, which ranges from the alignment of the pyramids with the heavenly bodies, to the request for rain, passing through the landscape, the faces of women and men who proudly dedicate themselves to tilling their land, for the benefit of the inhabitants of large urban settlements who suddenly seem to forget the essence of food, focusing on consumerism.

This is just a small sample of what in Mexico, the United States and the rest of America: Without Corn, there is no country