(Nahua refers to the Nahuatl-speaking Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America, a group that includes the Mexica.) An feather-working artisan at work, as show in Book 9 of the Codex ...

The Nahua word “necuhtli” means honey, and early Mesoamericans had several types of it, ... Some people make them with dulce de tamarindo, a mixture of tamarind, sugar and chili.

Back then, avocados were called the Nahuatl word huacatl which also happened to mean testicles. Scholars think the Nahua chose the name because of the fruit has a, uh, suggestive shape and was ...

The Florentine Codex, also called the Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (General History of the Things of New Spain), was written by Spanish Franciscan Friar Bernadino de Sahagún between ...

The Day of the Dead dates back to the ancient Mexican Aztecs and Nahua people. The festival is celebrated for remembering, honoring, and reuniting with those who have passed away.

The festival originated several thousand years ago with Aztec, Toltec, and other Nahua people, who considered mourning the dead disrespectful and viewed death as a natural phase in life’s long ...

The origins of Día de los Muertos extend back 3,000 years to the death rituals of the Nahua people of Mesoamerica. The Nahua, which includes the Aztecs, saw the universe in cyclical terms and ...

In the course, students learn about how Spanish colonialism impacted indigenous communities of Mesoamerica, with a specific focus on Nahua people. Although some students, like Amanda Hugas ’27, had ...