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Meaning of tinacal by Pancho Camacho





Pancho Camacho

tinacal
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Tinacal is a word well known in Mexico, is related to the exploitation of the agave, Maguey for us. The following link is an interpretation of its etymology: http://www.alcoholinformate.org.mx/saberdelmundo.cfm?articulo=310El maguey pulquero (Species of Agave ) It grows in many places in the Mexican territory. Of their stalks, fibers are extracted to make ropes or woven, needle serves as a PIN or punch, pulp is forage for livestock, the thin layer that covers the blade was pre-Hispanic paper; However, the main branch of the maguey is pulque, which is obtained from the fermentation of its Mead. The tinacal is the site where is made the puque at commercial level. Apparently its etymology is mixed, - tina and calli, this last in nahuatl or casa tubs.

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