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12023-07-17T20:27:37+00:00Indigenous Representations of Cacao from the Americas11plain2023-07-20T20:37:48+00:00Indigenous cultures have very positive views on cacao. There are many illustrations of cacao being harvested, ground, cooked, and drunk. From monkeys spreading cacao seeds to chocolate drinking at ceremonies, cacao is often represented in Mesoamerican art.
12023-07-17T20:05:04+00:00Monkeys and Cacao in Art7plain2023-07-20T20:25:06+00:00Monkeys are a common theme in the Indigenous art of cacao. This is because monkeys in Mesoamerica spread cacao seeds. Indigenous cultures often drew images of monkeys holding cacao pods as they knew that they relied on the monkeys for this luxury.
However, the European representation of monkeys is to make fun of colonizers/Europeans who drink chocolate, equating them to monkeys, a theme that has racist undertones towards Native Americans.