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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2006 
Mexicans Flock to Ancient Pyramids for Equinox Rites
 AFP
| | People raise their hands toward the sun during the celebration of the Spring equinox on top of the Pyramid of the Sun at the Teotihuacan archeological site in Mexico. Thousands of people visit the Teotihuacan pyramids during the equinox and first day of Spring to absorb the energy they believe the constructions have during that particular period and that can be transmitted to people. (AFP) |
More than a million Mexicans flocked to ancient pyramids and other ruins to greet the Spring equinox, many hoping to boost their energy in ancient sun rituals, authorities estimated.
Hundreds of thousands amassed at the 2,300 year old city of Teotihuacan 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, with its massive Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon, to mark the equinox at 12:26 pm (1826 GMT).
They climbed to the apex of the pyramids to get closer to the cloud-filtered sun, limited however by archaeological authorities this year to just five minutes at the top.
Many dressed in white and undertook early tribal rituals, meditating with herbs and incense as they sought to recharge themselves with the sun's energy.
On the Yucatan peninsula, tens of thousands were expected to visit the Mayan pyramid of Kukulkan, where at the moment of the equinox, the sun's rays generate a shadow of seven triangles which look like a serpent descending the staircase. |
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