Velación is an Aztec/Mexica ritual, an all night candlelight vigil. Velación represents the divine feminine energy and it prepares Aztec dancers to purify their spirits. At sunrise, the second part of the ritual begins with the masculine energy of the sun. Music and flowers, many flowers are utilized in this ritual, as an offering to invoke our ancestors and the four directions, the givers of life. Concheros Aztec Dancing is a syncretic tradition that blends Catholicism and Mexica/Aztec worship.

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