Preparation of pozol of sweet potato with corn in Palenque, Chiapas

Abstract

In Chol ejidos, pozol is made from sweet potato and corn. Ajkum sa’ (“ajkum”, sweet potato and “sa’”, pozol in chol) is a prehispanic ancestral drink, drinked throughout the whole Mayan area. In the Palencan region, Chol population have knowledge and culinary practices of immense value for the preservation of the biocultural heritage.