Ocotepec This word comes from the nahuatl "ocotl" which means "pine" a coniferous tree and "tepec" which means "mountain", so, the name of this location means "Mountain with pines". Originaly this place was inhabitated by the tlahuica culture, then, they became a group under the mexicas rule and they paid tribute to them. They did so until the Spanish conquest was done. While tlahuicas lived in Ocotepec, it was always a separated location from Cuauhnahuac (Cuernavaca) but now days, Ocotepec is considered one of the 48 locations of Cuernavaca Municipality, in Morelos State. Ocotepec is divided in 4 sections called "barrios", and each one has its own religious annual celebration:
1.- Candelaria 2.- Dolores 3.- Santa Cruz 4.- Ramos
Also, in the center of this location, there is the church dedicated to the Divino Salvador. An important road crosses Ocotepec, the Federal Highway Cuernavaca-Tepoztlan. In this location is the Nahuatl Univerity of Ocotepec (UNO) independent instituttion founded by Mariano Leyva, who studied the ancient prehispanic cultures. In the originality of its buildings, in this University it is interesting to admire the pyramid inspirated style of the architecture. One of the buildings is dedicated to god Tezcatlipoca, other to Huitzilopochtli, another one to Tlaloc and one more to Xipe Totec.
The first mission to Ocotepec involved the 4 members of the Brody/Liegner family, and Sister Ernestina Vieyra of Mexico City.
The Superior of the Salesian Sisters in Mexico had determined that the volunteer efforts of the Brody/Liegner’s were most needed by the indigenous Zoque people of Ocotepec and the surrounding 51 pueblos.
It was at this time that David made the biggest mistake of the trip; he rented a Nissan car for the week.
A native of Ocotepec, Chiapas, a state in the southern tip of Mexico bordering Guatemala and the Pacific Ocean, Lucia is just learning how to speak English.
Lucia's father is a farmer in the village of San Antonio Poyono, a three-and-a-half hour walk from Ocotepec, where Lucia and her siblings attend school at a great cost to her parents.
Brody, who was the first dentist the people of Ocotepec had ever seen, set up a dental clinic and extracted teeth with the help of Bob Fiore, an orthodontist from Newton, and several other volunteers.
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