Tozoztontli is the third month of the Mexican calendar, starts on April 21 and ends on May 10. Festivities
Twenty is dedicated to Tláloc, Tlalli = earth, octli = liquor, "liquor of the earth" rain. offer flowers and parties to the goddess Coatlicue. during this period, children from 1 to 13 years of age began learning, observing nature, meditation and self-sacrifice, which consisted of piercing the lobe of the ears in which earrings were placed. prizes were awarded with bracelets on girls and necklaces on children, they were assigned small tasks according to their age. He took care of the fields recently planted, watched from the sunset until midnight, hence his name "Little Vigil" or "Little Puncture". To finish the festivities were performed songs and community dances with performed attire with natural elements, crowns and arches of flowers that were placed on the altars, some activities were carried out in the fields where colored laces were placed in the trees, copal smoke was also offered in the fields of cultivation and offerings were left to the land to ask for a good harvest.
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