Aztec New Fire ceremony
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The Aztec New Fire ceremony was a crucial ritual held every 52 years to symbolically renew the cosmos and ensure the continuation of the sun and world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aztec New Fire ceremony canonical | 1 |
| New Fire ceremony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2413367 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aztec New Fire ceremony Context triple: [Templo Mayor, associatedWithEvent, Aztec New Fire ceremony]
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A.
Panquetzaliztli
Panquetzaliztli is an important Aztec religious festival dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli, marked by elaborate rituals, offerings, and public celebrations.
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B.
Fiesta del Fuego
Fiesta del Fuego is a major annual Caribbean cultural festival in Santiago de Cuba featuring music, dance, religious traditions, and vibrant street celebrations.
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C.
Guelaguetza festival of Oaxaca
The Guelaguetza festival of Oaxaca is a major Indigenous cultural celebration in southern Mexico that showcases traditional Zapotec and other Oaxacan dances, music, costumes, and communal gift-giving.
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D.
Bois Caïman ceremony
The Bois Caïman ceremony was a pivotal Vodou gathering in 1791 where enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue forged a spiritual and political pact that helped ignite the Haitian Revolution.
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E.
Festival of Three Cultures
The Festival of Three Cultures is a cultural event in Włodawa, Poland, celebrating the town’s historical coexistence of Polish, Jewish, and Orthodox Christian traditions through music, art, and performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aztec New Fire ceremony Target entity description: The Aztec New Fire ceremony was a crucial ritual held every 52 years to symbolically renew the cosmos and ensure the continuation of the sun and world.
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A.
Panquetzaliztli
Panquetzaliztli is an important Aztec religious festival dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli, marked by elaborate rituals, offerings, and public celebrations.
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B.
Fiesta del Fuego
Fiesta del Fuego is a major annual Caribbean cultural festival in Santiago de Cuba featuring music, dance, religious traditions, and vibrant street celebrations.
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C.
Guelaguetza festival of Oaxaca
The Guelaguetza festival of Oaxaca is a major Indigenous cultural celebration in southern Mexico that showcases traditional Zapotec and other Oaxacan dances, music, costumes, and communal gift-giving.
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D.
Bois Caïman ceremony
The Bois Caïman ceremony was a pivotal Vodou gathering in 1791 where enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue forged a spiritual and political pact that helped ignite the Haitian Revolution.
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E.
Festival of Three Cultures
The Festival of Three Cultures is a cultural event in Włodawa, Poland, celebrating the town’s historical coexistence of Polish, Jewish, and Orthodox Christian traditions through music, art, and performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec ceremony
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Mesoamerican religious ritual ⓘ calendar renewal rite ⓘ |
| associatedWithCalendar |
Calendar Round
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec Calendar Round
tonalpohualli ⓘ xiuhpohualli ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
cosmic order
ⓘ
solar cycle ⓘ time renewal ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Aztec culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec civilization
|
| associatedWithDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
Xiuhtecuhtli ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| basedOn |
52-year calendar cycle
ⓘ
Calendar Round ⓘ |
| centralRitualAction |
distributing new fire to households
ⓘ
extinguishing all fires ⓘ lighting a new sacred fire ⓘ sacrificial offering ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Sahagún ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Binding of the Years
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New Fire ceremony ⓘ Xiuhmolpilli ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
begin a new 52-year cycle
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ensure continuation of the sun ⓘ ensure continuation of the world ⓘ mark completion of a 52-year cycle ⓘ prevent cosmic catastrophe ⓘ renew the cosmos ⓘ |
| involves |
commoners
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destruction of old household items ⓘ priests ⓘ ritual fasting ⓘ ritual sweeping ⓘ rulers ⓘ |
| occursEvery | 52 years ⓘ |
| performedAtLocation |
Huixachtlan
ⓘ
hill near Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Mexica
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surface form:
Aztecs
Mexica ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Aztec mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec religion
|
| symbolizes |
end of an era
ⓘ
maintenance of cosmic balance ⓘ rebirth of the sun ⓘ renewal of time ⓘ |
| timePeriodPracticed |
15th century
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Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form:
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
early 16th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Aztec New Fire ceremony Description of subject: The Aztec New Fire ceremony was a crucial ritual held every 52 years to symbolically renew the cosmos and ensure the continuation of the sun and world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Fire ceremony