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.