SPECIAL REPORT: Cerro Prieto- Giant vulture appears in crater of volcano
BAJA CALIFORNIA (KYMA, KECY)- What started as a project to create an identity for the Cucapá Tribe, Juan Hernández, professor of Visual Arts in Mexicali, along with a team of more than a hundred people created a giant geoglyph of a sacred vulture inside the Cerro Prieto volcano.
The Cerro Prieto volcano is located 18 miles southeast of Mexicali, in Baja California.
The tribe views vultures are orators or teachers who learned wisdom from the twin gods Sipa and Kumat.
For reference, Cocopah is the English word for Kwapas living north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Cucapá is the Spanish word for Kwapas living south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Kwapa, Xawiłł Kwñchawaay is how they are referred to in their language.