Sentences with word «copal»

Rites often include the burning of copal incense in censers to honor ancestors.

After a cleansing with copal smoke, participants in the temazcal ceremony at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort end with a plunge in a natural jungle cenote.

Stores are adorned with larger - than - life handmade dream catchers that sway in the breeze and that sweet smell of traditional copal incense, a Mayan herb used for healing purposes, permeates throughout the town, giving Tulum its very own signature scent.

The treatment starts with a rain stick and a piece of copal resin, into which you put any negativity, then burn in a fire as a sign of purification and letting go.

On some occasions, garlands were placed upon the heads of the guests, and strings of roses around their necks, while copal was burned before those whom the host desired specially to honor.

However, make sure that you only buy an amber necklace from an online shop that sells authentic Baltic amber, as many online retailers will offer Baltic amber substitutes, such as copal, which do not have the same healing properties.

to share to help her celebrate the opening of the place, whilst burning copal.

Most Copal can be found in the Mesoamerican region, as the matter comes from a tree named Protium copal, which is prominent in that area.

Meanwhile, if the necklace is made using some other imposter apart from copal then on heating the bead would smell like plastic.

(some natural copals will also sink and you would need to make more scientific tests to make a determination).

In the past, the Agathis resin, known as manila copal, was exploited for linoleum and varnishes, but synthetics replaced most of that use.

Examples: • At Viceroy Riviera Maya in Mexico, a mock - serious «soap butler» comes to your room to slice you a bar of soap in fragrances like margarita or copal wood • A Swede owns The Maidstone in East Hampton, New York, where every guest room offers Swedish wooden clogs for your ABBA karaoke moment

Some caves have ceramic censers with preserved copal incense that was burnt during important ritual events.

The second piece, The Amber Room, 1993, consisted of translucent panes of golden copal slabs covering

Large irregular chunks of unrefined copal with hollowed impressions of animal heads hidden within their core were placed on tables and wired with ultrasound devices that calibrated the shape of the negative space within the «amber» rocks with incomprehensible numerical measurements flashing from an LCD display on the wall.

Dorothea Rockburne, Roman VI, 1977, kraft paper, copal oil varnish, blue pencil, mylar tape, and glue on ragboard, 44 1/8 × 47 5/8 inches (collection the artist.

His other notable Foundation work included setting up a computer room for local youths to learn information technology skills, providing materials to aspiring artists, producing of prints to help Frente Común Contra SIDA educate against the spread of AIDS and planting new copal trees not only to enhance the landscape but also to provide wood for the creation of hand - painted animals.

Mayan Ceremony A spiritual and sacred ritual where the couple exchanges vows and the shaman invokes love, happiness and abundance, blessed with copal (a type of Mayan incense).

Meanwhile, if there is no attraction and the bead becomes sticky, the necklace you have is most likely made of copal.

One easy method is to put a drop or two of acetone or alcohol on the material in question; if the material becomes sticky, then it is copal and not amber.

Several sites offer fake Baltic amber that is actually glass, plastic, or copal.

These common imposters include «copal», which is basically adolescent amber that isn't mature enough to be effective.

The scent of real Baltic amber is quite stronger than the smell of copal.

For this test to be successful for you, you must know the difference between the smell of Baltic amber and copal.

Deficiency: it will not detect polystyrene and copal and jewelry (with metal, strings of beads and clasps make the piece sink).

Follow the white smoke trail of copal (a sacred resin Mayans burnt to connect to the divine) and it'll take you down to therapy pools, garden treatment cabins and a vintage Fifties - style dresser in the relaxation area, created by Sebastian Sas, who co-owns Yäan as well as Be Tulum and Nomade, the new choice of wanderlusters.

Plant life for the most part consists of White, Red and Black Mangrove, Buttonwood; littoral forest plants such as black poison wood, red and white gumbo limbo, sapodilla, ziricote, wild sea grape, fig, copal, coco plum, coconut, saltwater palmetto, and several small shrubs.

The Mayan God's Ritual with Tiger - eye Stone begins with a copal exfoliation (copal resin was used by ancient... MORE Mayas and Aztecs in their spiritual ceremonies and is known for revitalizing the spirit.)

Over the years, the murky water has yielded many artifacts including gold, jade, copper, turquoise, obsidian, copal or incense, pottery, rubber, shells and the bones of around 200 people who were thrown in as a sacrifice.

Rachel Berwick's recent exhibition «Sounding Measures» consisted of two interdependent installations fabricated from translucent blocks of copal, a premature form of amber.