Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...
She readies an altar at the top of the room as others strap rattling instruments around their ankles called Chachayotes Huesos in the Nahuatl Aztec language. Copal incense gently rises.
A handful of Apple Valley residents call themselves Danzantes, or Aztec dancers. They are ‘taking back their Mexican cultural ...