Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday shared a picture and claimed it appeared that of a mythological woodland spirit just like an elf. Terming ‘every thing as mystical’, he wrote in Spanish, “I share two images of our supervision of the Mayan Prepare works: one, taken by an engineer three days in the past, apparently from an aluxe; one other, by Diego Prieto of a splendid pre-Hispanic sculpture in Ek Balam. All the things is mystical (sic).”
One of many images shared by him confirmed what seems to be a mystical determine on a tree. Nonetheless, experiences claimed that it may simply be a tree department forming a halo of hair, and what could also be stars forming the determine’s eyes.
The president’s put up has been seen over 2.8 million occasions with over 21.5 thousand ‘likes’. Twitter customers had been fast to answer the President’s claims as a few of them differed from his claims and posted screenshots of the identical picture from February 2021.
The Mexican president is thought for expressing reverence for indigenous cultures and beliefs. An engineer, who’s deployed at establishing a vacationer practice on the Yucatan peninsula, had clicked the {photograph} with the obvious mysterious determine, the president claimed.
In response to conventional Mayan perception, “Aluxes” are small, mischievous creatures that inhabit forests and fields and are susceptible to enjoying tips on folks, like hiding issues. Some folks depart small choices to appease them, reported AFP.