I-cenote yi-sinkhole ejulile, egcwele amanzi e-limestone eyenziwe xa uphahla lwe-cavern ephantsi komhlaba luyehla. Oku kudala i-pool yemvelo ezaliswa yimvula kunye namanzi aphuma emifuleni engaphansi komhlaba. Igama elithi cenote livela kwigama elithi Mayan dzonot , elithetha "kakuhle." Ezinye iipenotes ziyi-shafts, zizaliswe ngamanzi, ngelixa ezinye ziyimingcwaba equle amanzi kunye namanqindi angaphantsi kwamanzi ngaphakathi.
I-Cenotes ihlala inamanzi alula, apholileyo, amanzi.
IiCenotes zixhaphake kwiPeninsula yaseYucatan apho umhlaba uququzelelwe ngokukodwa kwimilambo, kwaye kukho amawaka emifula kunye nemilambo ngaphantsi komhlaba; Ziyindawo eyona mthombo wamanzi. Ezi sinkole zadlala indima ebalulekileyo kuMean cosmogony, kwaye namhlanje ziyi-draw enkulu kubakhenkethi abaza kubhukuda baze baphonononge kwaye bahlolisise ezi zimbobo zokubhukuda zemvelo eziqabulayo.
Ukubaluleka kweCenotes
IiCenotes zazingundoqo kwiMaya yamandulo kuba zazicingwa njengeendinyana ezisezantsi. Amanqwanqwa amaninzi, kuquka i-Sacred Cenote e- Chichen Itza kunye ne-cenote e-Dzibilchaltún, ayetyenziselwa ukulungiselela izibingelelo: iigulane zezilwanyana kunye nezilwanyana, kunye nezinto zezinto zegolide, i-jade, zobumba kunye neqhumiso.
Ukunyakaza kweCenote noDiving
Ngomlilo oshushu eYucatan, akukho nto ingcono kunokuthatha ididi ehlaziyileyo kwi-cenote.
Abanye babo kulula ukufikelela, kunye namanyathelo okuholela emanzini, kunye nezinye ziyinkqonkqo ngakumbi, kunye namanqanaba. Kwimeko nayiphi na imeko, qaphela xa wehla kwi-cenote ngenxa yokuba amanyathelo angabonakalisa.
Ekubeni amanzi agcwalisa ama-cenotes ngamanzi emvula ahlambulule emhlabathini, ngokuqhelekileyo unamaqabunga amancinci amancinci, ngoko ke amanzi acacile ngokucacileyo, okwenza kube lula ukubonakala.
Bavuyiswa ukungena ngaphakathi.
Ukuba u tyelela iPeninsula yaseYucatan, unokuba nethuba lokusikelelwa ngum shama wamaMaya ngaphambi kokungena kwi-cenote. Le ndlela yindlela yokubonisa intlonelo ngokubaluleka kweengcamango zesithethe seMeya. I-shaman okanye umphili uya kutshisa isiqhumiso kwaye athi amagama ambalwa ngoMeyi, ukuba akusikelele kwaye akuhlambulule nayiphi na amandla engafanelekanga phambi kokungena kwi-cenote. Oku kuya kukunyamekela ukucoceka kwakho kokomoya, kodwa kuyinto engcono ukukhumbula engqondweni yakho ukuba uyayifaka kwi-cenote emzimbeni wakho-zama ukuzama ukuhlaziya i-khanya yeekhemikhali kunye ne-insects repellent njengoko kunokungcolisa amanzi kwaye ayikuthandeki ubomi bendalo be-cenote.
Nazi ezinye iipenotesa e-Peninsula yaseYucatan ezihle kakhulu zokubhukuda, ukuhamba nge-snorkeling okanye ukudilika:
- Gran Cenote, Tulum
- Dos Ojos Cenote
- Cristalino Cenote
- Ik Kil Cenote (i-Blue Cenote)
Ukubizwa: i- seh-no-tay
Iimpazamo eziqhelekileyo: i- senote