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The ancient legend of La Llorona has been traced to pre-Columbian times in Mexico, and there is continuing discussion whether it may also have medieval European origins.
Additional attractions are the Museo de Taxco Guillermo Spratling, featuring a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, the Silver Museum, and the Casa Humboldt, which details the past of this historic town.
Plant use is embedded in a complex cultural context based on the ancient beliefs of indigenous Amerindians [ 1 ] . Columbian healers also use ethanolic extracts of plants for snakebites, prepare snakebite remedies in the week before Easter and choose plants according to the Doctrine of Signatures [ 139 ] . The cultural basis of the plant use does not mean that the plants have no effect.
It was built by G. W. Gale Ferris, a mechanical engineer of Galesburg, Ill., for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
It is -assumed the custom has origins in pre-Columbian cultures, as a coming-of-age ritual for young women.