VIDEO: An unusual whirlwind surprised visitors to Chichen Itza, a few hours after the spring equinox

Visitors were delighted with the wind scene in front of the pyramid

Visitors to Archaeological Zone of Chichen Itzain Yucatan, they were surprised after observing an unusual whirlwind in front of the pyramid known as El Castillo, Kukulcan Temple, hours after equinox of spring.

At the arrival of spring, in this region, the phenomenon of shadow and light that symbolizes the descent feathered serpent -Kukulcan-the Mayan god who fertilizes the earth.

But this year, tourists could see something more and that was the little tornado which was registered against the ancestral pyramid. Visitors immediately shared the video on social networks with comments such as "Kukulcan is angry."

For now, there is no explanation for the phenomenon, but according to some users of social networks, it was a little whirlwind he should not have recorded in the area.

Every year, hundreds of Mexicans and tourists of different nationalities find themselves in the archeological zone of the Tinum municipality, in the state of Yucatan, where they surround the steps of Chichen Itza Castle to witness early spring in the northern hemisphere.

This year, some 14,000 people arrived in the ancient Mayan city to attend the archeoastronomic phenomenon of the spring equinox.

The diffusion of the phenomenon of the feathered serpent has one of its antecedents in the seventies, thanks to the article of the French researcher Jacques Rivard titled "Una hierofanía in Chichén Itzá", published in the journal Katunoob In 1971, the Mexican archaeologist Alfredo Barrera Rubio explained to the EFE.

"But it did not reach the popular level until the anthropologist Luis Arochi announced the phenomenon (in 1974)," added the researcher of the Institute of Anthropology and history (INAH) of Yucatán.

Barrera Rubio, winner of the Medal Yuri Knorosov 2015 in Merida, explained that after the announcement, "Arochi published a series of books to disclose the phenomenon of light and shade and from there people began to sink to enjoy the Kukulcán descent every March 21st, coinciding with the birthday of Benemérito de las Américas, Benito Juárez and the Spring Equinox. "

The author and researcher however noted that visitors could observe the phenomenon two days before and two after the spring equinox, which had occurred on March 20, 2019.