Aztec Festivals

          The Aztecs have many celebrations and festivals. One festival is called the Aztec Rain Festival Celebration. It is celebrated 3 times a year to encourage rain-fall. The first rain festival at the beginning of the agricultural year in February. The second rain festival was offered to Tlaloc and other rain gods in March, once flowers had begun to bloom. The Aztecs formed images of the god, Tlaloc, in small mountains. Another festival is the Celebration of Quecholli Festival. It is a celebration to honor Mixcoatl, who is also known as the Cloud Serpent. He is one of four creators of the world; they believed he created the humans. The Aztecs honor him by a ceremonial hunt.

Aztec Hunters, Quecholli Festival