New Fire ceremony

English

Noun

New Fire ceremony (plural New Fire ceremonies)

  1. (historical) 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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