On Tuesday we had a quiet day. Not much happened, although I did get to the bottom of why Izamal is painted yellow. Chat GPT said no one really knew.
One idea is that it was to spruce up the city for a visit from the Pope in 1993. That wasn’t that long ago. If that was the case couldn’t they just ask someone?
Another theory was it was to pay respect to the Mayan sun God. Or it helped to keep mosquitos away.
And then after more digging, I found the real reason. In the 1960’s the mayor of the town wanted to increase tourism. So, he got the entire town to paint all the buildings yellow. I have to wonder if he also owned a painted store.
Good job sleuthing! I wonder if the mayor also added a provision saying you can’t paint your house another color 100 years later 🤔
He must have. I would think somone would rebel.
Great info! LOL to Anne’s comment 🤣.
Are there any bright flowers? Like yellow? Enjoy! Love you guys!
You would think there would be a lot or at least some of different colors to break it up a bit. But, I dont rememer many.