Invoking the Ceremony

Nauhui Ollin

Esplendor Azteca/ Aztec Splendor

Ocelotlcuauhtli

Young female dancer Huizilihuitl

Martin celebrating the Fire Dance

Mother and Child

Honoring the Fire

Lupe Tellez

Latino Family Festival in New York

Martin in Arizona

Los Hijos de Tonatiuh (Children of the Sun)

The Fire Dance

Danzante Lupe Tellez

Lupe Xicoatl

Fire Dance

Danzantes At Dartmouth College

In the Splendor of Tlacopan

The concha signals the beginning of the ceremony.

The Four Directions

In Tlanextli Tlacopan in full regalia in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Young jaguar-eagle warrior.

Huitzilihuitl wearing a copili honoring Tonantzin.

Two generations of dancers carrying on the tradition.

Danzante Xiuhcoatl performing the Fire Dance.

Playing the flute

Danzantes pose with Edward James Olmos.

Young Aztec Dancers trained by director Martin Tellez debut their danza azteca performance in New York City.

Vicente Tellez offering the Fire Dance during the Dia De Los Muertos ceremony.

Wearing a copilli with precious scarlet macaw feathers.

Making an offering to the Fire.

Tlanextli Tlacopan danzantes at Dartmouth College.

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