The Ātlcāhualo, meaning means 'Ceasing of Water', is the first festival of the year and it is dedicated to Tlāloc, the God of the Rain and other related rain deities. In it, our people implore the God to bring the rain as they enter the driest months of the year. During this period, offerings of maize and sacrifices of children are made to Tlāloc. These children who will serve as sacrifices are dressed ritually and brought to several sacred mountains by the priests, while people cry at the sight of the procession. They receive the nickname of Tlācatetehuit or 'Human Stripes', in analogy to the paper stripes called Āmatetehuitl that the priests carry with them. Before being sacrificed, the children spend the night on the summit of the mountain, where they are not allowed to sleep. Their cries in the night are seen as a good omen that the rain will soon come.
1447desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.aThe Ātlcāhualo, meaning means 'Ceasing of Water', is the first festival of the year and it is dedicated to Tlāloc, the God of the Rain and other related rain deities. In it, our people implore the God to bring the rain as they enter the driest months of the year. During this period, offerings of maize and sacrifices of children are made to Tlāloc. These children who will serve as sacrifices are dressed ritually and brought to several sacred mountains by the priests, while people cry at the sight of the procession. They receive the nickname of Tlācatetehuit or 'Human Stripes', in analogy to the paper stripes called Āmatetehuitl that the priests carry with them. Before being sacrificed, the children spend the night on the summit of the mountain, where they are not allowed to sleep. Their cries in the night are seen as a good omen that the rain will soon come.
}
1449triggered_desc = {
1450trigger = {
1451time_of_year = {
1452min = 3.6
1453max = 3.25
}
}
1456desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.bDuring The second month in our solar calendar, the Festival of Tlācaxīpēhualiztli or of 'The Flaying of Men' is dedicated to Xīpe Totēc. The cycle of life, death, and rebirth is his domain and so is deadly warfare. During this month, our people celebrate the coming of spring and fertility, the rebirth of life. In his honor, the captives are flayed and sacrificed and their skins are worn for twenty days. Gladiatoral sacrifices are also done, where captives are given a mock weapon and made to fight to the death against a number of our most valiant Jaguar Warriors. Should they prevail, they are given freedom back.
}
1458triggered_desc = {
1459trigger = {
1460time_of_year = {
1461min = 3.26
1462max = 4.14
}
}
1465desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.cDuring the celebration of the Festival of Tōzōztōntli or the 'Little Vigil', planting and sowing are celebrated. Despite the festival being celebrated mainly in honor of Tlāloc, other gods and goddesses of maize and fertility are also worshipped, such as Cōātlīcue. During this festival, children are brought to nature, and they are pierced to let out blood, while some of them are also sacrificed to Tlāloc in caves. There, the flailed skins worn since Tlācaxīpēhualiztli are finally taken off and buried.
}
1467triggered_desc = {
1468trigger = {
1469time_of_year = {
1470min = 4.15
1471max = 5.4
}
}
1474desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.dToday we celebrate the Festival of the 'Great Vigil' or Huēyi Tōzōztli in honor of the God Centeōtl, the deity of the Maize. We give thanks to the maize as it feeds us, and we honor the harvest we get from it. This month of the 'Great Vigil' we sacrifice children in the names of Tlāloc and all the deities of the maize, as Tlāloc should also be thanked for the rain he provided us and made this harvest possible.
}
1476triggered_desc = {
1477trigger = {
1478time_of_year = {
1479min = 5.5
1480max = 5.22
}
}
1483desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.eThe Festival of Toxcatl, meaning 'drought', is celebrated as the fifth month of the year and revolves around renewal. This festivity is dedicated to the Gods Tēzcatlipōca and Huītzilōpōchtli, and offerings of food and flowers are made to them. The climax of the festival, however, is the sacrifice of the man who has been representing Tēzcatlipōca during the past full year. This young man to be sacrificed is always selected among captives, and for a year he is taught how to behave, learning language, songs, and to play the flute. For the whole year, he is treated with reverence among our people, as he is the impersonation of Tēzcatlipōca himself, but during Toxcatl he is sacrificed, flayed, and eaten by the Nobility. The one to impersonate Tēzcatlipōca next year is immediately chosen afterward so that the cycle can continue.
}
1485triggered_desc = {
1486trigger = {
1487time_of_year = {
1488min = 5.23
1489max = 6.13
}
}
1492desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.fThe sixth month of the year is called Etzalcualiztli, or 'Eating of Fresh Maize. It is dedicated to the Gods Tlāloc and Chālchiuhtlicue, and in it, we celebrate young crops and the end of the dry season. During Etzalcualiztli, our main temple is adorned with rushes and paper of colors put around the necks of the statues of the Gods like a necklace. To Gods are asked for rain to put an end to the dry season, and pilgrimages are made to the top of Tlāloc mountain, where both children and adults are sacrificed.
}
1494triggered_desc = {
1495trigger = {
1496time_of_year = {
1497min = 6.14
1498max = 7.3
}
}
1501desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.g'The Small Festival of the Gods', or Tēcuilhuitōntli, is celebrated in honor of Huīxtohcihuātl, Goddess of salt and salt water, and sister of Tlāloc. During this month, people thank the Gods for the arrival of water and the healthy growth of the crops, while the city is decorated with water flowers. As in other festivals, during this month a woman personifies the Goddess and other women dance around her during the ceremonies, wearing yellow flowers. After the conclusion of the ceremony, the one representing Huīxtohcihuātl is ritually sacrificed.
}
1503triggered_desc = {
1504trigger = {
1505time_of_year = {
1506min = 7.4
1507max = 7.23
}
}
1510desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.hWe are celebrating the Huēyi Tēcuilhuitōntli which is the 'Great Festival of the Gods'. The Maize Gods, in particular the Goddess Chicōmecōātl, are honored with dances and the lords feed the commoners as we celebrate abundance. During this month, slave women, representing the Goddesses Chicōmecōātl y Cihuacōātl are sacrificed. The one that represents Chicōmecōātl is brought to the summit of a mountain and then she and the midwives that accompany her during the celebration run back to the temple to pray. There, she has to dance in the temple, after which she is sacrificed.
}
1512triggered_desc = {
1513trigger = {
1514time_of_year = {
1515min = 7.24
1516max = 8.12
}
}
1519desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.iThe ninth month of the year is dedicated to the dead and is celebrated by our traders. This month, called Tlaxōchimaco or 'Giving Flowers', is themed around flowers and trade. The month is filled with celebrations honoring our dead, and our traders celebrate their year-long success. The God Huītzilōpōchtli is honored during this month, with offerings of flowers and food for him first before the rest of the Gods. Noble women receive the xocotl, meaning 'fruit', which is a thick log that is then erected in our main temple. Celebrations include the offering of flowers and food to the ancestors, as well as sacrifices of children and an impersonator of Mictlāntēcutli, God of the Dead.
}
1521triggered_desc = {
1522trigger = {
1523time_of_year = {
1524min = 8.13
1525max = 9.1
}
}
1528desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.jThe main feast of the dead is celebrated during the Festival of Xocotl Huetzi, meaning 'Fall of Fruits', where fruits and harvest are celebrated. The Gods Huēhuehteōtl and Xiuhtēcuhtli are honored and throughout this month, people climb to the roofs of their houses and invite their dead to come back. The xocotl erected in the previous month is taken down and put on top of a log adorned with paper strips. The last day of this month, captives are thrown to the fires and then priests rip their hearts out. In the end, youngsters try to climb the log using ropes to be honored, after which the log is chopped down.
}
1530triggered_desc = {
1531trigger = {
1532time_of_year = {
1533min = 9.2
1534max = 9.21
}
}
1537desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.kDuring the month of 'Sweeping,' or Ochpāniztli, we celebrate the harvest and cleansing. Several Gods are honored all along these twenty days, such as Tlahzolteōtl, Toci (also called Cōātlīcue or Tēteoh īnnān), or Centeōtl.In this month, people ritually sweep and bathe as part of the celebrations, and a representative of the Goddess Toci is sacrificed. The slave representing Toci is ignored during the first five days of the month, then silently danced around during the following eight. Finally, during the last five days, the midwives and healers who bought the slave for the ceremony fake battles against the slave to distract her. On the night of the last day, the slave is brought to the temple, and a priest carries her after she spreads Maize flour on the floor. A second priest then cuts her head off, and her body is flayed. The priest then wears the skin as a representation of the new and reborn Toci. A piece of the skin of the leg is then used to create a mask.
}
1539triggered_desc = {
1540trigger = {
1541time_of_year = {
1542min = 9.22
1543max = 10.11
}
}
1546desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.l'The Gods Arrive' or Teōtlehco is the twelfth month of our calendar, and the Arrival of the Gods is celebrated, and All Gods are honored during this month. In the temple, Maize flour is put on a plate, and a priest checks periodically if it has footprints on it. If there are, the Gods have arrived, and wind instruments are played and people offer balls of maize. After the Gods' arrival, captives are thrown into the fires and before they die they are taken out of it, their hearts are ripped out and they are beheaded. These captives, representing the mīmixcōah, become stars in the sky after this celebration. Great quantities of pulque are drunk as the month goes on in honor of Ōmetōchtli, the various Gods of pulque.
}
1548triggered_desc = {
1549trigger = {
1550time_of_year = {
1551min = 10.12
1552max = 10.31
}
}
1555desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.mThe thirteenth month is the Festival of Tepēilhuitl or 'the Mountain Feast', dedicated to the mountains Tlāloc, Popōcatepētl, and Iztaccihuatl. All along this month, we honor the Gods of trade, but also Tlāloc and Xōchiquetzal. Our people create a procession following the priests hiking to the nearest summits. In the temples erected on those summits, called Āyauhcalli or 'Mist Houses,' the devotees leave their offerings to the Gods, and people feast until dusk in the mountains 'between clouds.' Among the sacrifices, children are given to Tlāloc as is custom, and a representation of Xōchiquetzal is also sacrificed to the Gods.
}
1557triggered_desc = {
1558trigger = {
1559time_of_year = {
1560min = 11.1
1561max = 11.20
}
}
1564desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.nIn The Festival of Quechōlli, or 'Roseate Spoonbill,' hunting is the main theme, and the month is dedicated to the God Mixcōhuātl, the Cloud Serpent God of the hunt. It is during these dry months that hunting becomes an important part of our culture. As part of the celebrations, ritual hunting is carried out, as well as sacrifices of slaves and captives. It is also the month where we replenish our armories and new weapons are made. All the participants in these celebrations practice bloodletting to honor the animals that we will hunt, giving blood for blood, or our people dead in battles.
}
1566triggered_desc = {
1567trigger = {
1568time_of_year = {
1569min = 11.21
1570max = 12.10
}
}
1573desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.oThe Festival of Panquetzaliztli, or 'Raising of Banners,' is the fifteenth month of our calendar and marks the birth of Huītzilōpōchtli. During this month, there is a big festival celebrating the birth of the God, at the end of which several slaves and captives are sacrificed, and whose owners abstain from almost eating until the month is over. As it is a martial-oriented month, ritual battles are fought. A figure representing the God is also created with Maize that is eaten after the sacrifices. Throughout the month, there is a significant consumption of pulque, and people offer their blood to the God as a sacrifice.
}
1575triggered_desc = {
1576trigger = {
1577time_of_year = {
1578min = 12.11
1579max = 12.30
}
}
1582desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.pThis is the sixteenth month of the year or Ātemoztli, which means 'Descent of Water', and is devoted to Tlāloc, the God of Rain. During this month, we pray for adequate rain to nourish our fields and ensure a bountiful harvest, while effigies of the God made with Maize dough are consumed. As a sacrifice, besides captives and slaves, children are drowned in the lake or the mountains as offerings.
}
1584triggered_desc = {
1585trigger = {
1586time_of_year = {
1587min = 12.31
1588max = 1.19
}
}
1591desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.qAs the year approaches its end, we celebrate the Festival of Tititl, 'Stretching.' This festivity honors Cihuacōātl, and during it, the Goddess is called Ilamahtēuctli, or 'the Old Woman,' as the Earth has dried out, and she is the fertile mother of us all. In the ceremony, a representation of the Goddess made of amaranth is ritualistically sacrificed. As she dries, she becomes masculine, displaying the dualistic nature of the world. Old people enjoy this month dedicated in many ways to them, but everyone dances and participates in fertility rituals. Merchants will also sacrifice slaves bought specifically for this celebration.
}
1593triggered_desc = {
1594trigger = {
1595time_of_year = {
1596min = 11.21
1597max = 12.10
}
}
1600desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.rThe last month of the year, 'Rebirth,' or Izcalli, marks the end of our calendar, just before the feared Nēmontēmi days. These days are dedicated to the Gods Tlāloc and Xiuhtēcuhtli, in hopes that they bring the fertility our fields need to feed our people. During the Festival, tamales made of amaranth are profusely consumed, and youngsters go hunting beasts in the forests or birds in the lake, while the fires in the temples and homes are extinguished. These fires will only be reignited in the presence of the Deity. As with all festivities, sacrifices of slaves and captives dressed as the deities are performed.
}
1602triggered_desc = {
1603desc = nahuatl_events.310.desc.sWe are in the last five days of the year, collectively known as the Nēmontēmi. During these days, our people do not celebrate anything as they are considered unlucky days; no business is conducted, and people practice abstinence as a sign of respect to the Tzitzimime. While during the rest of the year, our people worship them as the protectresses of the feminine and progenitresses of mankind, during the days of the Nēmontēmi, as an unstable period of the year, they are feared. Regardless, Target Character, has dared to host a celebration. Attendance at the event has been minimal, as most people fear a catastrophe or, at the very least, that attending such a festivity during the unlucky days could bring bad luck to them and their families. Despite the advice of our Clergy, our Ruler Title has turned a deaf ear and proceeded with the preparations. Will the deities punish us?