Commemoration Of The Ceremony Of Toxcatl And The 502nd Anniversary Of The Slaughter Of The Templo Mayor In Mexico City

Commemoration Of The Ceremony Of Toxcatl And The 502nd Anniversary Of The Slaughter Of The Templo Mayor In Mexico City

A group of pre-Hispanic dancers during a procession on the occasion of the Ceremony of Toxcatl in the Zocalo of Mexico City, which represents one of the most important festivities of the solar calendar of the ancient Nahua/Mexicas of the era called Toxcatl, which according to historical data from the National Institute of Anthropology and History, was celebrated in the middle of May, at the end of the dry season, and referred to the period of heat wave and aridity experienced every year, before the arrival of the abundant rains that refresh the air and bring relief to the inhabitants of Mexico City. It is said that while the Mexica were celebrating the Ceremony of Toxcatl, on the orders of Hernan Cortes and Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish army massacred women, girls, boys, elderly people, musicians and dancers during the ritual. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)

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