EL TAJIN, LOCATED ONLY ABOUT 10 KMS. FROM PAPANTLA, WAS BUILT BY THE MAYANS BACK IN 350 A.D. SINCE ITS START, IT DEVELOPED INTO A LARGE CITY WITH TEMPLES, ALTARS, PALACES FOR NOBILITY AND SEVERAL LARGE BALL COURTS, WHERE SOMETIMES THE LOSERS WHERE SACRIFICED TO THEIR GODS. IT WAS LATER INHABITED BY THE TOTONAC INDIANS. IT IS HERE THAT THEY WORSHIPED THE GODS OF THE SON, AND THE DIRECTIONS OF NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. THE TEMPLE OF THE NICHES PICTURED ABOVE HAS 365 NICHES THAT REPRESENT THE DAYS OF THE CALENDAR. ALSO IN THE ALBUM IS OUR GUIDE SHOWING US A TABLET WHERE THE INDIANS WHERE MAKING A DRINK FROM THE STALK OF A FLOWERING PLANT. JUST OUTSIDE THE RUINS, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTONACAN INDAIN FLYERS WORSHIP AS THEY SPIN DOWN A 26 METER TALL POLE. ENJOY!!!