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A Mixtec woman releasing rain from a sacred jar over Oaxaca fields.

The Woman Who Held the Rain Jar

Long ago, in the mountains of Oaxaca, when the rivers were low and the earth cracked under the sun, the people prayed for rain. Crops withered, and streams ran dry. The elders spoke of a woman chosen by the spirits to hold the power of rain itself, a jar that contained both the life-giving waters and the potential for destruction.

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