Railway line passing a rock formation
Culture & tradition,  Mexico,  Postcards from the road

A postcard from Mexico: the Piedra de la Fertilidad

Railway line passing a rock formation

Greetings from the Copper Canyon

The Piedra de la Fertilidad (Stone of Fertility) is a rock shaped like a penis which unsurprisingly is something of a fertility symbol for the Rarámuri people of the Copper Canyon region. They dance around it to mark festivals and believe that a man who touches it will become more virile while a woman doing the same will become pregnant. Unlikely at my age but I kept well clear! Our guide explained that the railway had been planned to go through this spot but when the people protested it was rerouted to run through a tunnel and avoid destroying the rock.

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