with me once again with calpulli tonalehqueh is quetzalli. she's back on our show.: thank you. damian: well, this is another great event. happy mexica new year. tell us about this year's great event. quetzalli: yeah, so our ceremony is taking place from the 14th through the 16th at emma prusch park. it's an event free for the community, a ceremony free for the community. and yeah, we're just coming together to honor and celebrate indigenous culture. damian: and those who might be deficient in the knowledge of indigenous culture, quetzalli, enlighten us. people might say, "well, january 1st is new year." tell us why we celebrate the mexica new year on this day. quetzalli: well, many cultures from mexico celebrate mexica new year, this new era of a year around this time; and each year has a symbol. and so this symbol for this year is chalet, which is house. so it--that kind of represents the foundation, the home, stability, harmonization, and balance. damian: and it's the aztec calendar that dictates that this is when the mexica new year begins? quetzalli: yeah, that'
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