The Purepecha and the New Fire Ceremony

Like every year, Michoacán's ethnic group performs on February 1st the great celebration of the Lighting of the New Fire, to start the Purépecha New Year.

The Purepecha and the New Fire Ceremony
Even though there are no historical records that can accurately mark the beginning of this cult in pre-Hispanic times, it was in 1983 when these people began to take it up again. Image: Wikimedia Commons