The Lighting of the Fires for the
New Year
in the Valley
of Méxica lands.
At the start of a new year,
fire was sent to all the homes
in the area.
It was a new beginning for the world:
a new light,
a new time for learning.
The world was renewed.
(One should notice that there are
NO hearts on this altar, only incense.)
Nuttall, Zelia, New York: Dover Publications, Inc.