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The price for Mexican heritage

Business Daily

BBC

Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We look into Mexico’s drive to get historical artefacts returned. Find out more about a famous quetzal feather crown believed to have been worn by the great Aztec emperor Moctezuma, it is currently in Austria and we hear from those who want to keep it there, and those campaigning for its return.

Presenter / producer: Beth Timmins Image: Moctezuma's headdress; Getty Images

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:08.3

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0:18.0

You may have heard of the great Aztec ruler, Motizuma remembered for his fierce confrontation with Spanish conquistadors.

0:25.5

Across an empire stretching to modern-day Nicaragua and Honduras, he also led his own conquests in worship of Witsila Pocchli, the god of war and of the sun, depicted with a crown of bright turquoise feathers, similar to the one

0:38.8

which Moctezuma also would have worn, the Panacho. The Moctasuma's crown is like the Pope's

0:46.5

mirror and his ring. Together, they represent the two powers, spiritual and political.

0:54.8

But it's no longer in what is now Mexico.

0:57.5

Like many artefacts from the time, it remains unclear exactly how and when it was taken.

1:02.9

All Aastic treasures, in reality, belong to the place from which they were looted.

1:10.6

I'm Beth Timmins, and this is Business Daily on the BBC's World Service.

1:15.2

I wanted to find out about the Panacho's journey

1:17.7

and what it means for Mexican artifacts on the international market.

1:21.4

Through learning the story of the Panacho,

1:23.3

we'll uncover what price has been put on the country's heritage

1:26.0

and why many Mexicans,

1:28.0

including the president, want it back.

1:32.0

I'm in the arena, Mexico, in Mexico City this Friday night, and you can hear the announcer.

1:39.4

I'm waiting to see these incredible Luchador wrestlers that come here and fight every Friday. This is called

1:46.0

the cathedral of luchelibre and it's Mexico's second most popular sport after football. I can definitely see why this crowd is going wild.

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