Most surprising fact:
A holiday that took place in Tenochtitlan dedicated Xipe Totec that lasted 20 days, which involved youths doing mock battles in the city wearing the flayed skin of sacrifice victims.
Best surprising fact to bring up in polite company:
There used to be feather workers that would make mosaics as an artform.
The first fact is definitely interesting, but the second is the type of surprise I was hoping for!
Just from reading the Mexican Featherwork on Wikipedia, the was a ton of information in there. It’s strange to think if the same people performing human sacrifice and also doing such delicate and fancy art. Birds in general seem to be very prominent in there beliefs. I’ll have to check this out more.
Most surprising fact: A holiday that took place in Tenochtitlan dedicated Xipe Totec that lasted 20 days, which involved youths doing mock battles in the city wearing the flayed skin of sacrifice victims.
Best surprising fact to bring up in polite company: There used to be feather workers that would make mosaics as an artform.
The first fact is definitely interesting, but the second is the type of surprise I was hoping for!
Just from reading the Mexican Featherwork on Wikipedia, the was a ton of information in there. It’s strange to think if the same people performing human sacrifice and also doing such delicate and fancy art. Birds in general seem to be very prominent in there beliefs. I’ll have to check this out more.
Thanks!