Olmec kai
La Al'adun Olmec, wanda ake kira da Al'adun Uwa, ya zama daidai ɗaya daga cikin mahimman mahimmanci ga yankin da ƙasar Mexico take a yau, musamman a cikin jihohin Veracruz da Tabasco, bayan sun daɗe da ƙarfi sosai kamar tsakanin shekaru 1.500 BC da 100 BC, wato, a cikin Tsarin Zamani na Tsakiya.
Ya kamata kuma a sani cewa abu ne na yau da kullun ga Olmec da za a ɗauka azaman wayewa ta farko da al'adun uwa dangane da sauran data kasance a ciki Mesoamerica, kodayake yana iya zama cewa cinikin jiragen ruwa na yau da kullun shine dalili na ƙarshe na yaɗawa ta hanyar da kyawawan halayenta suke cikin sassa daban-daban.
Yanzu kallon wasu halaye na al'adun Olmec, yana da kyau a ga cewa suna da addini na nau'ikan mushirikai tare da gumakan da ke da alaƙa da al'amuran yanayi da jigogi na ƙasa, amma duk da wannan cibiyar bautarsu ta dogara ne da jaguar, dabbar da ke kasancewa koyaushe a cikin wakiltar gumaka. Dangane da mawuyacin bayani dalla-dalla a cikin wakilcinsa na fasaha, ya zama sananne a lura cewa ba dukkanin dalilan da aka gabatar ba ne ake gane su.
Wani daga cikin alamomin addini na Olmecs shi ne gashin maciji, wanda aka yi la'akari da allahn aikin gona.
Sauran dabbobin da aka dauka a matsayin alloli sun kasance mayukai, toads, da kuma dabbobi masu rarrafe.
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