The Importance and Significance of the New Fire Ceremony in Aztec Society and Culture Ritual and religious life was very important in Aztecs Mexica.The New Fire Ceremony, or Xiuhtlalpilli, also known as the “binding of the years,” was an Aztec ritual of cosmic renewal, occurring every fifty two years involving both state and households . The Aztecs believed that the world having been created and destroyed and its renewal was cause for celebration.
By Gillian Hammerton
