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Superstitions are immortal and invulnerable.

Wearing a scarlet headband and amulets, the Nahuatl shaman invoked the spirit of the "blessed creator" at dawn yesterday, as he raised an eagle-plumed staff over tens of thousands of pilgrims who had travelled to the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan to soak up the power of the equinox.

The long-abandoned site, 30 miles northeast of Mexico City, was founded early in the first millennium, and became Mexico's most successful pre-Hispanic city-state, with a peak population of 200,000. Its religion centred on sun and moon deities, and now the love affair with the sun is enjoying a revival.

Aztec temple is reborn with belief in the sun's power

Richard Evans Lee
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I would be interested in knowing whether Aztec religion and language is taking a turn in history and gaining popularity (i.e. reversing its steady 500 yr. decline), particulary with the younger generation.

Posted by: Daniel | June 9, 2005 4:39 PM

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