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Diary of An Aztec Sweeper
Diary of An Aztec Sweeper
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Thank god they only have this tradition every 8 years! The Aztecs eat only eat water soaked tamales- meat and maize flour without spices so its like this tasteless mush. They have nice dances at the temple that ends with a ceremony where they swallow water snakes and frogs. I prefer my snake meat roasted with a side of toasted maize.
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The Aztecs celebrate the birthday of Huitzilopochtli who grew up to beat Coyolxauhqui in battle. People wave paper flags from houses and hang them from fruit trees and poles. Everyone enjoys themselves except the prisoners that get sacrificed at the great temple of Tenochtitlan
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It usually rains about this time- thats why they call it the days of descent water". Cold and muddy work in the streets but at least the great temple is having a good old wash down. It's the quiet time for the sacrifices since the priests aren't too keen to spend hours sacrificing slaves in the rain
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31 January
Today they honor the fire god by toasting corn and animals in front of his altar. The priests get to eat the gifts to the god. I wish I was a priest so I would get to eat gifts.
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The Aztecs have 18 months of 20 days in their calendar so they have these 5 useless days left over. Everyone says theyre unlucky. There's no work and no sacrificing on those days so the prisoners think theyre really lucky days.
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They dont really raise trees of course . They raise poles with banners on them instead. This time they sacrifice the children in the mountains. They believe that the more the children cry, the happier the gods would be.
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The young warriors have mock battles which is a bit less messy. The priests make the usual sacrifices and wear the victims skin for 20 days.
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Aztecs go into the fields to sacrifice flowers! A whole lot less messier than the usual sacrifices without any sweeping to do.
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fields. Priests sacrifice children but at least they take them up to sacrifice in the mountains
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The lord of Tenochtitlan invites the common people to go to a feast. They never invite me but theres always food leftover so for once I cant complain.
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Now they're honoring the dead. They sacrifice a few slaves of course and they have a brilliant pole climbing contest which the winner gets a prize before he gets sacrificed.
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The Aztecs have this big cleanup every year and all their rubbish ends up on the streets for me and the other sweepers to sweep up.
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12 October
The Aztecs have this plant called the amaranth. They grind it up and bake them into models of gods and snakes. But did they eat it? No they didnt eat it. They offered them to the gods.
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