QUIQUITZL*

Conch Shell
City of the Gods
Teotihuacan, Mexico

Indigenous Peoples:
Connectivity Initiatives in the Americas in Relation to the Outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
Geneva 2003

A brief poetic commentary on the magic of connectivity as embodied in one of nature's most beautiful images:

the *CONCH SHELL or QUIQUITZL in NAHUATL

Ancient and contemporary
 Telecommunications spiral
A ceremonial object signifying
Power, authority and sovereignty
Calling people together since time immemorial

A sign of jubilation and right speech