National Day of Maize
29 September 2026 — Kernel by kernel, from Mexico to your whole table! Have a tortilla!
Maize was domesticated in what is now Mexico thousands of years ago from a wild grass called teosinte (the wild ancestor of corn). From there it spread across the Americas, and after European contact it reached Europe, Africa and Asia. In Mexico it is the foundation of the cuisine: it becomes tortillas, tamales (corn dough wrapped in husks and steamed), atole (a warm corn drink) and countless other dishes. Hundreds of local varieties exist, with kernels in yellow, white, blue, red and black. Maize also has deep cultural meaning; in Maya accounts of creation it holds a central place in the story of how people were made. Mexico's National Day of Maize, marked on 29 September, recalls the value of native varieties and of the farmers who keep them alive. The link to the sky is the farming calendar: traditional sowing and harvest follow the seasons, and the autumn equinox falls just days before this celebration.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver star figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, like a constellation, shaped as a corn cob with kernels glowing in pale gold, blue and red-tinted light
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