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  2. Aztec calendar - Wikipedia

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    The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts, and other copper plates. To which are added, critical dissertations on the land, the animals, and inhabitants of Mexico, 2 vols. Translated from the original Italian, by Charles Cullen, Esq. (2nd ed.).

  3. Pānquetzaliztli - Wikipedia

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    Current events; Random article ... View history; Tools. ... Panquetzaliztli is the name of the fifteenth month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the ...

  4. Xiuhpōhualli - Wikipedia

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    The solar calendar is connected to agricultural practices and holds an important place in Aztec religion, with each month being associated with its own particular religious and agricultural festivals. Each 20-day period starts on a Cipactli (Crocodile) day of the tonalpōhualli for which a festival is held.

  5. Mesoamerican feasts - Wikipedia

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    Both kingdoms and common households held feasts to celebrate religious events and life events of their family (Smith 2003). Aztec Codices show depictions of public-religious feasts, elite feasts hosted by the ruler, and home celebrations. Most feasts included some type of ritual activity, but there were some feasts that were more religious and ...

  6. Tepeilhuitl - Wikipedia

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    Tepeilhuitl is the name of the thirteenth month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec religion dedicated to Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl and Tlaloc. It is called the festival or feast of the Mountains. [1] [2] [3]

  7. Tōxcatl - Wikipedia

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    The Aztec "Sun stone" presenting elements of the Aztec calendar. Toxcatl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈtoːʃkat͡ɬ]) was the name of the fifth twenty-day month or "veintena" of the Aztec calendar which lasted approximately from the 5th to the 22nd May, and of the festival which was held every year in this month. [1]

  8. New Fire ceremony - Wikipedia

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    In fact it was an ancient and widespread ritual in Postclassic Central Mexico that the Aztecs appropriated to their own society. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Anales de Tlatelolco mention the Aztecs upon achieving independence of the Tepanec state celebrated a New Fire ceremony that marked the beginning of the calendric count of the Aztecs.

  9. Etzalcualiztli - Wikipedia

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    Current events; Random article ... View history; Tools. ... Etzalcualiztli is the name of the sixth month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec ...