Aztec Indian Fire Dance
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Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.
Often the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the people of Tenochtitlan, situated on an island in Lake Texcoco, who called themselves Mexica Tenochca or Colhua-Mexica.
Sometimes it also includes the inhabitants of Tenochtitlan's two principal allied city-states, the Acolhuas of Texcoco and the Tepanecs of Tlacopan, who together with the Mexica formed the Aztec Triple Alliance which has also become known as the "Aztec Empire". In other contexts it may refer to all the various city states and their peoples, who shared large parts of their ethnic history as well as many important cultural traits with the Mexica, Acolhua and Tepanecs, and who like them, also spoke the Nahuatl language. In this meaning it is possible to talk about an Aztec civilization including all the particular cultural patterns common for the Nahuatl speaking peoples of the late postclassic period in Mesoamerica.
From the 12th century Valley of Mexico was the nucleus of Aztec civilization: here the capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, the city of Tenochtitlan, was built upon raised islets in Lake Texcoco. The Triple Alliance formed its tributary empire expanding its political hegemony far beyond the Valley of Mexico, conquering other city states throughout Mesoamerica.
At its pinnacle Aztec culture had rich and complex mythological and religious traditions, as well as reaching remarkable architectural and artistic accomplishments. A particularly striking element of Aztec culture to many was the practice of human sacrifice.
In 1521, in what is probably the most widely known episode in the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Hernán Cortés, along with a large number of Nahuatl speaking indigenous allies, conquered Tenochtitlan and defeated the Aztec Triple Alliance under the leadership of Hueyi Tlatoani Moctezuma II; In the series of events often referred to as "The Fall of the Aztec Empire". Subsequently the Spanish founded the new settlement of Mexico City on the site of the ruined Aztec capital.
Aztec culture and history is primarily known:
* From archaeological evidence as it is found in excavations such as that of the renowned Templo Mayor in Mexico City and many others.
* From indigenous bark paper codices.
* From eyewitness accounts by Spanish conquistadors such as Hernán Cortés and Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
* And especially from 16th and 17th century descriptions of Aztec culture and history written by Spanish clergymen and literate Aztecs in the Spanish or Nahuatl language, such as the famous Florentine Codex compiled by the Franciscan monk Bernardino de Sahagún with the help of indigenous Aztec informants.
According to the mythico-historical Aubin codex, seven Nahua tribes lived in Aztlán under the rule of a powerful elite. The seven tribes fled Aztlán, to seek new lands. The Mexicas were the last group to leave. The Aubin Codex relates that after leaving Aztlán, their god Huitzilopochtli ordered his people to never identify themselves as Azteca, the name of their former masters. Instead they should henceforth call themselves Mexìcâ.
The word "Aztec" was not originally an endonym for any ethnic group, but achieved wide use as an exonym first in the English language and later in Spanish from the 19th century on. Some modern day scholars use the word "Aztec" to refer to the Nahuatl speaking peoples of Mexico before the Spanish conquest in 1519 and the word "Nahua" to refer to the same peoples after the conquest.[1] Because no people ever referred to itself as "Aztecs", and because the peoples to whom the word is popularly used to refer never saw themselves as a unified ethnic group, many scholars now prefer to refer to particular ethnic groups individually e.g. the "Mexica", "Acolhua" or "Tepaneca" rather than subsuming them under a single term such as "Aztec".
The Spanish conquistadores referred to them as "Mexicas" or "Culua-Mexicas". In Mexico, archaeologists and museums use the term Mexicas. The wider population in and outside Mexico generally speaks of Aztecs. In this article, the term "Mexica" is used to refer to the Mexica people up until the time of the formation of the Triple Alliance. After this, the term "Aztecs" is used to refer to the three peoples who made up the Triple Alliance, or in the wider context to all the Nahuatl speaking peoples as bearers of "Aztec culture". 
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I love Aztec Culture. I represent the SikSika(blackfeet) of Canada, and the Dine' (Navajo) of USA. I am happy to have brothers and sisters, up and down the Americas. Beautiful..
every time I go to Mexico I see an Aztec dance somewhere, I honestly think it's really cool. it's interesting to see the culture of my ancestors right in front of me.
Do you know how they sacrifice to their gods? They would ripped the hearts of the childrens out. How is that cool?
@@guyp9596 they'd sacrifice prisoners from other tribes. I'm not justifying their actions this was a long time ago bro..
@@guyp9596 the same can be said about europeans buddy
@@guyp9596 didn't Europeans chopped peoples heads off and sponsor a dozens of Crusades in the name of god most of the sacrifices were volunteers and war prisoners
@@Bryan-bd5kc no, They sacrifice their own childrens by ripping their hears out alive, there’s no excuse. No europeans ever kill childrens like the aztecs did.
Also great that the Navajo allowed the Aztecs/mexica to use their teepees
I'm really proud that my people are slowly being recognized as Native American 🥰 The border may have divided us now, but I will always fight along with my neighbors. May we all unite as one.
Im a independent artist 100% native american im a multitribal full blood native american apache aztec cree kickapoo and purepecha i think the same way we are one people from alaska thru chile much love kwaii tlazcohmati ixehe solyanki
Same, I am part Mexican and very proud of our indigenous ancestors
ahh so you want to take over the world eh? good luck. the pig breed is being farmed by big government themselves
So what if they got the background wrong, everyone who's ancestors are from here are Native Americans, only ignorant people who've seen Pocahontas think that "Native Americans" are native people from NA. All of us original Americans are native brothers and share the same blood, respect to all my native brothers from Mexico.
Thank you for saying that my brother, from your Aztec sister. I don’t know what tribe you are, but in Cherokee (Wado) means thank you ✌️
Man that drum beat is dope, has me pumping my head back & forth
long live the aztecs
THe dancers are not wearing bonnets. They are called Copillis. THe feathers that extend outward in a circular fashion, or half circle, represent the suns rays.
Things were different before COrtes arrival. Things changed after his arrival. Drastically.
what you are seeing is a result of history. and people trying to heal from it.
I'm Aztec and Apache mom and dad both natives from USA and Mexico. Nizhoni to see my dad's tribe in Sioux territory
We are all the same people, Mexican and American is a nationality not a race. There were no borders before colonization just different tribes. I send this message with love and respect to you. I’m glad that you take pride in your Native American roots!
@@Miralo138 yes I'm chiricahua apache and nahua that's true much love
I know someone who’s from Apache and Yaqui tribe as well ( Mexican and American)
I am Peruvian, descendant of the Incas and Native American too.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Incas are also in Argentina 🤗
there must be something in my blood because the drums always call to me, it doesn't matter if it is Metal, native, or military drums.
I know how you feel.
Thought it was just me dude.. Something about drums just gets me going. We are probably born in the wrong time frame lol
Pyialli my people im a also 100% native american apache and kickapoo but my dad is 100% indigeno de MEXICO NAHUA OTOMI AND PUREPECHA AND PROUD OF IT 💯🕵🏾♀️🌎
Proud Aztec and Lipan Apache mix 🤙🏽🔥
Pyialli Ixehe i'm apache and aztec much love brother we needa stick together these days
I love Aztec culture and all pre-columbian civilisations although I'm Polish. Greetings! :)
If your parents and your ancestors are from Mexico you're NATIVE AMERICAN being native of america does not mean just fron the usa. we were here when the EUROPEANS arrived. the mayans have pyramids in GEORGIA,MISSISSIPI.
TheAbz1975 yeah
TheAbz1975 those “pyramids” are actually mounds created by U.S natives (unknown tribe) many years ago, they are burial sites not social edifices, Mayans never went that far north, only the Aztec did because Aztec are related to the Navajo.
Yes, we are Native.
From the far northern parts of North American to the most deep southern parts of South America, we are indigenous people, we were here first, we stick together we’ll be stronger ✊🏽🔥
Ummm not exactly. Some of us are Mestizos so we have the best of both worlds.
our people are actually desendents of the anasazi people of the southwest we were the aztec empire there but renamed ourselves mexica in honer of our profit that led us to tenochtitlan. where just one group of our people were during the spanish envasion we are related to the hopi, pueblo, people. and more tribes.
long live the Aztecs my people are sweet
Awww I love Aztec dancing. =) I want strong legs haha
Thank all of y’all who truly take the time to educate us when it comes to our culture and ways of our ancestors.. May your journey be peaceful and blessed until end of time.. ❤️❤️❤️😎😎
I love my culture.
for those that use the data provided by english, french, and spanish colonial govts agencies.....their data is incorrect and skewed. This was done intentionally. Don't know when this ended but even as late as my dads birth day , his birth certificate says he is white. He was dark as night, yet his birth certificate says he is white. IN his day there was only two boxes, black and white. ON PAPER and ON RECORD the data would appear that at least this native was non existent. Now apply this on mass scale. This wiped out lots of natives existence when it comes to public records.
man these comments so old and still more comments coming. fact is that not everyone is mixed blood. Another fact is that a lot of natives are mixed blooded from the north to the south. What matters is this...DO you accept your mixed blooded relatives as members of your own people or not? The natives down south were first to be invaded, and therefore first to mix due to rape and colonization. Do you blame the children for the rape by the father? The First invaders were spaniards and italians. (and a few others mixed in). So under force, yeah first to mix, but also first to deal with the anger of it, and first to get through it and accept our mixed blooded relatives. Later , way later , brits and french imvaded the north. and mixing began in the north. Much the same way, but sometimes voluntarily. Go to a pow wow amd it looks like half the natives are blond and blue eyed. French, british, and irish last names instead of spansh and italian names. same thing thiugh.I can't judge them for this happening to them later after it happened to us first. Now i would say that from observing the pow wiws and visiting reservations , that people have also accepted their mixed blooded relatives. how could they not? they are family afterall. But anyone going off about mixed bloods from other tribes as being fake, has some real honest to god problems with the members of their OWN tribe who are mixed blooded. but are still dealing with it and projecting it on outsiders that have nothing to do with them. We went through it 200-500 years ago. And now its still recent to them in the north. Some of them are still dealing with the frustrations of the mixing. Its just a fact. I don't judge it. I can't judge it. I don't like that the mixing was forced upon US ALL, but I am not going to judge anyone for loving their family members who are mixed, either in the south or in the NORTH. I have met so many northern tribe members who yes have never given in to that american flag, but still love and accept their mixed relatives. So it is with tribal descendants from the south. Many northern tribal memebers and elders have even lent a hand to help "aztecs" to be okay wih looking down that road and reconnecting with their ancestry and have shown us a lot of patience. But of course they are elders and a lot more experienced. And when they cant , they still help and support that we keep looking and doing our best. And we in return help out. Its just that way. DOn't be bothered to much by one angry tribal member who doesn't understand the experience of others hundreds of miles away and only ever sees new agers where they live.
Excellent, beautiful video, thanks for uploading...
My mom from texas never met my dad but was told he is a aztec from Mexico.
I just know his name is Carlos
This is actually kind of fascinating. I never knew.
Pyialli im a jaguar warrior dancer I do the danza. I am learning this fire dance it's very much the same footsteps which is shocking
People always mix up the Aztec calendar and the Mayan calendar. Both are similar and different. The Aztec calendar is an adaptation of our Mayan system, it’s simpler and suits everyday life while the Mayan calendar is extremely complex and even today scientists argue on how it was even possibly made without modern day astronomical tools. Regardless I believe this system was actually being developed at the time for all nations of the americas but some wars probably delayed the finishing of it in the maya kingdoms. See the maya and all natives actually had communication with one another. We all traded in ideas and food etc. contrary to the division that anglos and other Europeans posed on us. We are all family.
is she saying the sun is older than the wind? the water? the earth? damn. mind blown
Speechless
My ancestors were the purepecha but i still enjoy these videos.
love the drumming.
Cuacualtzin(Beautiful)!!! Macuilli citlalin,....so glad you shared this vid Citlali, that i'm favin' this one! = )
Xicmotla 'palhui nopampa Kerendaro!= )
my ppl are beutiful.. nd our raza is the greatest
The fire dance is native dance that was created by Florencio Yescas specifically for presentations. The presentations are treated as battles in order to inspire and and awaken lost and disconnected descendants of the mesoamerican tribes ESPECIALLY the chicanos and those who lost the biological warfare battles with COrtes, and the christian battles with the church. In other words to recapture the peoples that the church and state took away from us.
Half aztec here
Represent! fellow Mexica
Citlali means "star" doesn't it??
yes
Joel Calixto what language is that?
EX 0 I think it's Nahuatl
I love the Aztcea
I always wonder what Indians my ancestors were. 😕
Nova R. You’re from India? Please use the word Native or Indigenous next time, I knew what you meant though. It’s the correct terminology.
Ignacio Ruelas shut up.
Depends on the country your from. From there research the native tribes and figure out what you could be. For Example my parents are from México, they are from the state of Oaxaca. Oaxaca has dozens of indigenous tribes but the main ones are the Mixtec and Zapotec. I know I’m Mixtec for sure because my Dad and his family speak it.
India?
and sadly, many houses were burned down when the children went home after coming back from this powwow. :(
Love it
Technically the term Aztec was really the 8 tribes that migrated from Aztlan ( modern day Utah )
Historians falsely called the Mexica ( meh-she-ka)
aztecs, which is wrong because the aztecs no longers existed after 1116. They adopted the term Mexica which means Followers of Mexihtli ( the sun )
Aho Ometeotl!
I have been looking for an Aztec dancing group that was led by the Medicine Man Pastel. Pastel and the group used to go to Sherman in Riverside California, Pow Wow.
Does anybody know of that dancing group and Pastel the Medicine Man did the fire dance? It has been a long time since they had been to Sherman and I don't know other Pow Wows that they had been to.
I love my natives
you want proof? look for America Unearthed ~ Mayan/Georgia Connection
man theres a lot of info down there being put out, that shows that people are trying to study and figure things out. It shows that people are looking into things , talking, and asking questions. But some of that info is incorrect. And when those from other tribes read it, they will read the incorrect info and judgge us, or take it down as thats what we all believe, or even as truth.
Check your sources.
example, AZTEC meant feather worker. or close to it. Meaning it was defining someone who worked with feathers. A feather worker. And artisan. The mexicas had a big city and government and there were trades. Aztec was one of them. The spanish incorrectly assumed the Mexicas/mexicanos were called Aztec.
Mexica means follower of Mexi. OR mexi's people. OR even could be just like someone said down there, follower of the sun which would still make that story of the EMIGRATION make sense. THe character Mexi (person or the the sun) led the EMIGRATION from....
...from AZTLAN. where there were 7 tribes. YES SEVEN TRIBES. One of the tribes being called CHICHIMECA. Mexi and his followers came from THAT TRIBE. iN which poeple started to call them Mexi-ca.
BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE ANY CLAIM TO RETAKING THE LANDS OF AZTLAN !!! thats Mexica-Movement rhetoric.
Aztlan was both a real and METAPHORICAL PLACE. The place of egrets. White egrets. The place of whiteness.
BUT LISTEN....
Mexi and his people LEFT. THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE. THEY GAVE UP THEIR CLAIMS TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. Its nice to have an origin or emigration story, but realize when you leave home to make a new one elsewhere, you can no longer call shots in the place you came from.
WHY? WHY NOT?
because THEY WERE THE TRIBES THAT STAYED AND NEVER LEFT !! they stayed. and grew in numbers. They grew and grew and thats THEIR HOME! .
No natives who left their home should ever say that they want to take away the homes of other natives who stayed in their homes for centuries and are part of that land.
Dont believe that Aztlanista rhetoric.
IF you are truly interested in your origins and emigration stories and culture, go seek out the ones who are sharing the real stories of aztlan. and stop believing that Aztlanista propanganda. You'll see how different they are. And how disrespectful that Aztlanista propaganda is. PLUS your value your history of aztlan even more and connect to something greater and more meaningful.
And doesn't even matter what tribe you are from. ITs just a story to understand the cultures of other tribes too.
Love your culture
People of the curls you speak the truth
This is so bad asssss
@EastAsiandictator Thank you :)
Tlazcohmati real Brown Native 🕵🏾♀️ Mexican QUEEN 💯🇲🇽🇲🇽🌎🇺🇸🇨🇦✊🏾💯
Where was this video footage shot ???
I'm the biggest Aztec right here🇲🇽🤞🔥
Judjing by the name you must be japanese which had similiar sounding music with there "Taiko" drumming
@RoyalKnightVII, that explains the teepees HAHAHAHAHA
🔥💞🔥
theres alot actas here in nampa id
Anyone know how I can learn more about the Belief of one Creator she spoke of in this video?
@Jay Kemme Thank you.
im actas indian too i came and in joy dace with them
Mexica And Aztec Same Blood Same Culture Same Power
my people are so cool
What is this event about?
I read about that a lot. and about any history, native american, european and other. and what I really understand, is that many people just tend to idealize one kind of people and demonize other kind. it really seems many non-whites demonize europeans too much, I say this, even though I am myself terrified by awful things which happened during colonisation.
in my comment I said about Tlaxcala. and fact is that during colonial times it was still treated much better than other parts of Mexico
Estupettttttt
People of the circle - she could pass as China, Japonese. Eskimo, Pinoy or Mex!
We are one!
I will challenge you any time!!!
lmao such a cringe comment🥴
life humble u yet? lol
Esos son matachines. ....
anyone hating on mexicans really should understand what being a mexican even really means. Its the same as beingg American, or Canadian. It means you are citizen of one of those 'countries' being run by descendants of peoples who came from overseas. In America, Canada, and Mexico, there are Indigenous peoples, as well as blacks, whites, asians, jews, muslims, christians. And more and mixed peoples. Saying someon is Mexican or american could mean anything. They could be anyone.
Sixth Sun mexico and canada are in america.... you probably mean the united states
Tlazocamati in lak 'ech hala ken
you call that a fire?!
SI NO LES GUSTA MI CULTURA NO SE ENTEREN
in the ancient mexico, the woman was not allowed to dance.
lol
It look like they were guests at a Northen Reservation Pow-wow. The Aztec are Native Americans but but more advanced civiliazation with that rivaled China an Europe for the their time.
I'm not Mexica however I'm Maya
all the hate on mexicans man. can't anyone just enjoy the dancing? anyone even know anything about the dance itself? HOw it came to be? how these dancers got here?
Theyre hating on us because they're scared and stupid, lol. We won our independence by kicking out the full blood Spanish in Mexico in the 1800's , but no tribes in America kicked out the white people here! Sounds like jealousy
don't say that. Mexico's president is a white guy
wet timguavass , do you know if he's part Spanish/part native? Did you have him check his DNA/genes through ancestry.com to see? Of course not,so keep hush
Many times, natives are judged unfavirably for speaking spanish. This being done by natives speaking english. It come to reason that the roit if the problem is abiut taking sides with the english people rather than the spanish people. Takimg sides over english, spanish, french or using any of that to judge who is or isnt native is silliness. None of thise were ever our languages. But in communicating tk people in a presentation of sharing dances, it only makes sense tk use a language that everyone understands. This could be english, spanish, french. Etc. Who in this audience is going to understand nahuatl?
here's your proof. look for America Unearthed ~ Mayan/Georgia Connection
native americans come from asia
Loved the dance. Hated the theatrics. The fire routine.
Bien peyotl
I thought the Aztecs were mixed or assimilated with Spanish and that’s how we have Mexicans nowadays. I’m of Mayan chorti decent and lenca mixed with European btw so I don’t know much about Aztec or Mexican indigenous groups, heck I don’t even know about mine. No laughing matter the lenca language is all but extinct and the Mayans are always under attack still by white elites of our countries.
Lencas are not extinct their language is still spoken in highlands of Honduras that's like saying Spanish language is extinct which is not true lol I'm 100% apache and Nahua Pyialli Tlazcohmati mexico is indigenous majority nation today and then Hispanic minority majority in states with AMERINIDAN native American minority majority areas. da'ba'z'ha ni'shin'ee NA'ZA'HE much love 💯 stay decolonize and stay safe I'm apache Aztec from north America we still here not all of us are mixed we full blood growing as well
Mexicans are not white nope we always been native American Hispanics are mixed it's the other way around
We red brown people
astcas go to afican
I bet if tlaxcalans were conquered by aztecs,they'd have worse destiny than they had under spanish rule, so I understand why they helped spaniards
Mexicans😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
And proud you laim ... ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
Yes proud to be aztec cholo 4/4 100% native Mexican 👩🏾💯🌎🦅🇲🇽
Cultural apropriation *REEEEEEEEEEE*
Its hard to say who really is Aztec? You have all these Mexicans claiming to be Aztec Indian as well as having all the Cherokees who look White who claim to be Indian! Everybody wants to be Native American and this does a disservice to a person like me who comes from a tribe and who is full blooded!! Its blood quantum laws in which can verify that!! Sadly Cherokees are not authentic and are using only 1/16 or even 1/32 to claim Indian Blood!! That is a gross distortion and cop out for the people who are full-blooded Native Americans!! To the Mexicans who claim to be Aztec, lineal descent does not make you Indian or them!! You could have lost all the blood in you or may not have any threw time of your parents or grand parents and so on!! You could claim Aztec decent but YOU NOT BEING IT!! #RealNativePride
Its funny to me that these aztecs doing the firedance are wearing head bonnets with tee pees in the background.....Aztecs didnt use tee pees or wear head bonnets......lmao.
HAHA yeah well they are NOT REAL AZTEC INDIANS!! Most of them died off!! Its just Mexicans wanting to be Aztec!! Notice how the girl ask's the crowd to say hi in Spanish to the guy? Hmm makes you wonder!! My point is made LOL!! Lineal Descent does not make them Aztec!!
LoL, back in the old days, Mexicans tried to kill us off, now they want to be us, just like Tennesee whites claiming Cherokee.
Kind of funny, but sad at the same time.
"Hispanics" carry the scar of hundreds of years of Spanish Europeans watering down the blood lineage due to slavery and rape. I only have a small percentage of Taino blood in me but does that not give me the right to respect, love and claim my native ancestors? For the Taino people modern day puerto ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, are all that is left of their culture and we represent them proudly. Would you rather have us forget their struggles and completely dismiss their way of life as the Europeans slave owners would have wanted us to do?
Manny Ortega
You have wrote the best post on this subject, totally reversed my mind-attitude on the subject and it truely touched my spirit.
You make a very very great point.
You definately should embrace your ancient culture the same as us northern natives.
We are all related.
My attitude was that everyone was trying to be us, but south americans are just as much native as us north american native and i respect your comment alot.
Brothers and sisters in south america fought hard for there indendence against white intruders the same as us.
In fact your people had more success and at least are not stuck on reservations like so many of my people.
Hispanics won there war against the whites thanks to great heros like Poncho Villa.
In the whitemans eyes, we were all indians.
MITAKUYE OYASIN
we are all related.
Had we all have been united back on the days, the europeans would never have made it past the shorelines and onto these continents to intrude and destroy our cultures and ways of life.
They would of turned around and went straight back to europe.
All people of color should band together.
I wish you would of posted your comment earlier.
You make a great great point.
Peace.
I'm not Mexica however I'm Maya