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Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group celebrates the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

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Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Guided by their ancestral lunar calendar, members of Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group celebrated their own New Year’s Eve — a little differently than the West’s traditional New Year. The Purepechas, who live in the western state of Michoacán, preserve the pre-Hispanic belief in the “New Fire” ceremony, a version of which was also practiced by their ancient rivals to the east, the Aztecs. Because the Purepechas' lunar calendar of 18 months leaves an orphan day that belongs to no month, that day — which this year fell on Thursday — is viewed as a time for both mourning and renewal.

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony

Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony