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NARRATOR:
To mark this moment of creation,

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Teotihuacanos conduct
the New Fire Ceremony

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at the base of the Sun Pyramid.

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The Aztec describe their own
version of this ceremony

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in one of their few
surviving books.

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(fires crackling)

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(fires extinguishing)

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MAN (speaking native language):

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♪ ♪

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(flames bursting)

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(men talking softly)

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MAN (speaking native language):

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NARRATOR: All fires
in all the land

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would be lit
from the single fire

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from the Sun Pyramid.

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♪ ♪

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The Fire Ceremony resets
the calendar cycle

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and renews the world.