USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -which cycle would mark this destruction, and the purpose of the New Fire Ceremony was to celebrate the start of another 52-year cycle and the renewal of the world. In addition to its role in Aztec cyclical celebrations, the New Fire Ceremony was important in Aztec conceptions of linear time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The New Fire Ceremony was a ritual held every 52 years in November upon the completion of a full cycle of the Aztec solar year (xiuhmopilli). The ceremony’s purpose was to renew the sun and bring another cycle.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Fire Ceremony, also called The Binding Up of the Years, in Aztec religion, ritual celebrated every 52 years when the 260-day ritual and 365-day civil calendars returned to the same positions relative to each other. In preparation, all sacred and domestic fires were allowed to burn out.

Detailed explanation-4: -For the Mexica (Aztecs) fire was the first thing to be created by the gods, even before the sun itself. Sparking a fire with a fire drill was the most important feature of the great New Fire ceremony that took place every 52 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -The New Fire Ceremony was successfully held in 1351, 1403, 1455, and again in 1507 CE. Curiously, although perhaps indicative of the belief that each cycle was a new beginning, the Aztecs did not specifically date different 52-year cycles.