New Fire ceremonies

A form of New Fire ceremony — An Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of New Fire ceremony
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