Endangered civilizations. The Nahuas of the Sierra de Guerrero /

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Imprint:Paris : 10 Francs, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (50 minutes)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355764
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Other authors / contributors:Bourrillon, Alain, director.
Solano, Javier Perez, director.
Granville, Gary, narrator.
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Notes:Title from resource description page (viewed November 11, 2015).
In English.
Summary:Nahualt was the language of the Aztecs. Even today numerous rites of the pre-Colombian period continue to exist on the fringe of the Catholic religion. To the beat of the Teponsastle-the drum incarnation of the god Texcatlipoca-the Human-Jaguars mingle with the faithful. They will martyr and flagellate themselves until they draw blood to beg Saint Nicholas to intercede with the gods to let it rain.