Mani

Mani is a small town in Mani Municipality in the critical region of the Yucatan Peninsula, inside the Mexican country of Yucatan. It is set 100 km to the south south-east of Merida, Yucatan, some 16 km east of Ticul. The village of Tipikal lies 6 km to the east. The population is presently round 4000, similar now to the expected 4500 inside the 16th century. Mani's four millennium life historically involves frequently its early Maya duration, observed in current centuries by its Spanish conquistador and spiritual duration. Its Mexican length beginning over a century ago worried battle.

Mani has been constantly occupied for approximately 4000 years. In the postclassic Mesoamerican technology it became home to the Tutul-Xiu Maya dynasty, which moved their capital right here from Uxmal in the thirteenth century. The Xiu had been the dominant electricity within the western Yucatan after the fall of Mayapan in 1441. Mani served as the principle spiritual middle in honor of the deity Kukulcan for the Maya with an annual elegant kaban competition till 1341. With the advent of the Spanish the Xiu of Mani allied themselves with the Spanish and assisted in the conquest of the relaxation of the peninsula.