NARRATOR:
To mark this moment of creation,

Teotihuacanos conduct
the New Fire Ceremony

at the base of the Sun Pyramid.

The Aztec describe their own
version of this ceremony

in one of their few
surviving books.

(fires crackling)

(fires extinguishing)

MAN (speaking native language):

♪ ♪

(flames bursting)

(men talking softly)

MAN (speaking native language):

NARRATOR: All fires
in all the land

would be lit
from the single fire

from the Sun Pyramid.

♪ ♪

The Fire Ceremony resets
the calendar cycle

and renews the world.