Masiku ano mitundu inayi ikukhazikika m'dera la Tabasco: Nahuas, Chontales, Mayaszoques ndi Choles. Komabe, chikhalidwe chofala kwambiri chamtunduwu ndi Chontal, popeza miyambo ndi zikhulupiriro zambiri za Tabasco zimakhazikitsidwa ndi chilengedwe chake chakale, chodzaza ndi zinthu za Mayan ndi Olmec.
Chikhalidwe chachikhalidwe ichi chimatsimikizira kupanga ntchito zosiyanasiyana zaukadaulo wotchuka. M'nyumba iliyonse yamakolo, chakudya ndi zakumwa zimaperekedwa m'malo osuta, masipuni awo amiyambo amajambulidwa bwino ndi zithunzi; Mkungudza wofiira umagwiritsidwa ntchito pazitsulo zake ndi maguwa kapena misewu yomwe mwambowo umakongoletsedwa ndi pepala l China.
M'matchalitchi onse amchigawo cha Nacajuca ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja mumakhala chizolowezi chopemphera kwa woyera mtima mchilankhulo cha Chontal, pomwe munthu m'modzi amamasulira m'Chisipanishi.
Pafupifupi mizinda yonse ya Tabasco ziwonetsero zakuphedwa kwa Khristu zimapangidwa ku Holy Week, makamaka m'matchalitchi a Tamulté de las Sabanas ndi Quintín Arauz komwe maboti ang'onoang'ono osema bwino amapachikidwa padenga, monga zikomo chifukwa chokomera mtima.
Chikondwerero chofunikira kwambiri ndi cha Disembala 12 polemekeza Namwali wa Guadalupe, yemwe akumangirira maguwa m'malo oyandikana ndi madera komanso m'matawuni onse aboma. M'nyumba iliyonse yomwe guwa lansembe limachezeredwa, woyang'anira amalandiridwa ndi chakudya chokoma chomwe nthawi zambiri chimakhala ndi tamales ofiira ndi ma atole azipatso zosiyanasiyana.
Pa chikondwerero chilichonse chachipembedzo pali woperekera chikho yemwe amayang'anira kuphika chokoleti chachikulu chomwe amapatsa anthu omwe amapita kumisonkhano yamatchalitchi.
Ku Tenosique, pamadyerero kuvina kotchuka kwa El Pocho. Kaya ndi tchuthi kapena ayi, kudera lonselo pozol waledzera ngati chakumwa chotsitsimutsa, chomwe chimaperekedwa ku jícaras komwe amapangira ku Jalpa, Centla ndi Zapata. Ma coconut olimba amapangidwanso bwino, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito chimodzimodzi.
Mitundu yokongola ya mapale, miphika, mbale, makapu, zofukiza ndi makongoletsedwe amapangidwa ndi dongo, nthawi zina amakongoletsa ndi pastillage yosavuta yomwe nthawi zambiri imapangidwa ndi azimayi ochokera m'matauni a Tacotalpa, Jonuta, Nacajuca, Centla ndi Jalpa de Méndez, makamaka potumikira konzani chakudya chamwambo.
Chakudya cha anthu aku Tabasco ndichokoma komanso chosiyanasiyana, chifukwa chimaphatikizapo armadillo, tepescuintle ku adobo, jicotea, pochitoque ndi guao (akamba amitundu yosiyanasiyana) mumsuzi ndi mphodza, pejelagarto wokazinga; ma tamales okoma a chipilín ndi ma totoposte odziwika, kuwonjezera pa njira zikwi zomwe amaziphika.
Iliyonse mwa maboma khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri omwe amapanga boma amakhala ndi chikondwerero chake komanso zikondwerero zake, momwe anthu amasangalalira ndi nyimbo ndi magule amchigawo, ziwonetsero zaluso zomwe zimawonetsa luso la anthu aku Tabasco. Chifukwa chake, zonse ku Tabasco ndi zaluso, chilichonse ku Tabasco ndichikhalidwe.
Gwero: Buku Losadziwika la Mexico No. 70 Tabasco / June 2001
