The Bronze People: Art, Handicrafts and Mezcal

Tour through art galleries of local artists, market of handicrafts and bronze sculptures representative of the eight regions of Guerrero explaining the details of their place of origin, with scales for tasting Mezcal and Beer made by hand by local producers. Meet part of the origins of Zihuatanejo that date back to the pre-Hispanic era of the province of Cuitlatepan (manor of the Cuitlatecas), one of the four main provinces in the southeast of the country, had two seaports Cihuatlán and Petatlán. Cihuatlán was located in a valley formed by the rivers of Pantla and Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo or San José Ixtapa), where the name "Xihuacan" was identified in the sources of the 16th century. Nahuatl word that means "those who own the turquoise" or "those who own the years"; Xihuacán was the main religious center Cuitlateca and an important commercial city for both Olmecas and Teotihuacanos, the latter interested in crafts with marine products.