[to]dos íbanse, toda la gente para su casa, y al estatua del dios Páinal llevábala el mesmo sátrapa que le había traído al lugar donde solía estar. Íbanle acompañando todos los viejos que estaban aplicados al servicio de aquel dios. En acabándole de poner en su lugar, descendíanse del cu. Íbanse a sus casas a comer. En acabando de comer, juntábanse todos los mancebos y mozoelos y muchachos. Todos aquellos que tenían vedixas de cabellos en el cogote, que llamaban cuexpaleque, y toda la otra gente, se juntaban en el patio de Xiuhtecuhtli, a cuya honra se hacía aesta fiesta. Luego, al medio día, comenzaban a bailar y a cantar. Iban mujeres ordenadas entre los hombres. Hinchíase todo el patio de gente, que no había por donde salir, estando todos muy apretados.
\nEn cansándose de cantar y de bailar, luego daban una gran grita y salíanse del patio, y íbanse adonde estaba el árbol levantado. Iban cuaxados los caminos y muy llenos de gente, tanto que los unos se tropellaban con los otros. Y los capitanes de los mancebos estaban en derredor del árbol para que nadie subiese hasta que fuese tiempo, y defendían la subida a carrotazos. Y los mancebos que iban determinados para subir al árbol, apartaban a empellones a los que defendían la subida. Y luego se asían de las maromas; comenzaban a subir por
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"8eef701c-d0cb-4ad1-8379-ad553bfaed36","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"everybody would return to home. And the same satrap who had brought the statue of the god Painal would now take it back to the place where it usually resided. All the elders assigned to serve that god would accompany him. Once they put it back in place, they would come down from the _cu_. They would then go home to eat. Once they had finished eating, all the young men, adolescents, and boys would gather together. All the ones who had hairlocks growing on the back of their heads, whom they called _cuexpalequeh_, would gather with the rest of the people in the patio of Xiuhteuctli, in whose honor this festival was celebrated. Then, at noon, they would begin to sing and dance, with the women positioned among the men. The whole patio would be packed with people, and there would be barely any room to move, as everyone would be crowded together. \n\nWhen they tired of dancing and singing, they would then shout very loudly and leave the patio; and they would go to the spot where the tree had been erected. The roads would be crammed, bursting with people, so much so that people would keep knocking each other over. And the captains of the young men would surround the tree so that no one would climb it before it was time, and they would keep people from climbing by hitting them with their clubs. And the young men who were determined to climb up the tree would push and shove the ones who were keeping them from climbing up. And then they would grab the ropes and start climbing up on them.","html":"everybody would return to home. And the same satrap who had brought the statue of the god Painal would now take it back to the place where it usually resided. All the elders assigned to serve that god would accompany him. Once they put it back in place, they would come down from the cu. They would then go home to eat. Once they had finished eating, all the young men, adolescents, and boys would gather together. All the ones who had hairlocks growing on the back of their heads, whom they called cuexpalequeh, would gather with the rest of the people in the patio of Xiuhteuctli, in whose honor this festival was celebrated. Then, at noon, they would begin to sing and dance, with the women positioned among the men. The whole patio would be packed with people, and there would be barely any room to move, as everyone would be crowded together.
\nWhen they tired of dancing and singing, they would then shout very loudly and leave the patio; and they would go to the spot where the tree had been erected. The roads would be crammed, bursting with people, so much so that people would keep knocking each other over. And the captains of the young men would surround the tree so that no one would climb it before it was time, and they would keep people from climbing by hitting them with their clubs. And the young men who were determined to climb up the tree would push and shove the ones who were keeping them from climbing up. And then they would grab the ropes and start climbing up on them.
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"b6aa560c-d666-48f8-8a1b-95314c32e213","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"ontlatlaqua. \n\nAuh in ie iuhquj in otlatlaqualoc, njmã ic oalhujloa, oalnenechicolo, ixqujch tlacatl in telpochtli, yoan in telpopochtotonti, in telpopochpipil, in cuexpaltotoneque, in cuexpaltzitzineque: ixqujch qujcencaoa: \n\nin jquac peoalo cujcoanolo nepantla tonatiuh, inic netotilo, necocololo, intzatzalan mamantivi in cioa in juh omjto, in jtvalli vel temj, vel cacatzca, vel tzitzica, aoc vel tetlan qujxoa, cenca nepapatzolo. \n\nAuh in otlatziuhque nimã ie ic necacaoalo, njman ic tlacaoaca: njman vmpa onxoqujvi, in vmpa icac xocotl: vel nequequeçalo, vel netotocholo, vel nepitzmamalioa. \n\nAuh in teachcaoan, tetzaqua, imoocoquauh in immac oonoc, amo motlamachvia injc tevitequj, amo iloti in inquauh injc tevitequj: auh in oqueztel, in oquezteltzin in oqujnpetlatiqujzque tetzaqua: njmã ie ic muchi motilinja in mecatl, in vepãmecatl: \n\nnjman ie ic tlecoa in mecatitech: in ce mecatl, aço cen tecpantli in jtech tleco, iuh[qujn]","html":"ontlatlaqua.
\nAuh in ie iuhquj in otlatlaqualoc, njmã ic oalhujloa, oalnenechicolo, ixqujch tlacatl in telpochtli, yoan in telpopochtotonti, in telpopochpipil, in cuexpaltotoneque, in cuexpaltzitzineque: ixqujch qujcencaoa:
\nin jquac peoalo cujcoanolo nepantla tonatiuh, inic netotilo, necocololo, intzatzalan mamantivi in cioa in juh omjto, in jtvalli vel temj, vel cacatzca, vel tzitzica, aoc vel tetlan qujxoa, cenca nepapatzolo.
\nAuh in otlatziuhque nimã ie ic necacaoalo, njman ic tlacaoaca: njman vmpa onxoqujvi, in vmpa icac xocotl: vel nequequeçalo, vel netotocholo, vel nepitzmamalioa.
\nAuh in teachcaoan, tetzaqua, imoocoquauh in immac oonoc, amo motlamachvia injc tevitequj, amo iloti in inquauh injc tevitequj: auh in oqueztel, in oquezteltzin in oqujnpetlatiqujzque tetzaqua: njmã ie ic muchi motilinja in mecatl, in vepãmecatl:
\nnjman ie ic tlecoa in mecatitech: in ce mecatl, aço cen tecpantli in jtech tleco, iuh[qujn]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"7da7c7ee-727f-4aaa-b63e-e6ead50171f5","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"They each ate. \n\nAnd when this was done, when there had been eating, then there was coming forth, there was the assembling here of all the men, the youths, and the boys, the small boys, those with a small tuft of hair at the back of the head,[^18] those with a little tuft of hair at the back of the head. They put all in order. \n\nAt this time was begun the singing and dancing,[^19] at midday. In this manner was it danced: the serpent dance was performed. Between [the men] the women were going, as hath been told. The courtyard was well filled, it was well crowded, it was well packed. No longer was there coming forth among the people. There was much jostling. \n\nAnd when they grew tired, thereupon there was leaving on the part of each one. Then there was shouting. Then they passed over there where the *xocotl* stood. Indeed there was continual trampling; indeed there was hurrying; indeed there was a press of people. \n\nAnd the masters of the youths kept people away [from the *xocotl]. Their pine staves lay in the hands of each one. They did not hold back as they struck one, they did not spare their staves as they struck one. And those who in some way, somehow, quickly broke through [as the others] held them back, thereupon put their strength to the ropes, the heavy ropes.\n\nThereupon there was climbing on the ropes. On one rope maybe twenty climbed \n\n\n\n\n[^18]: Corresponding Spanish text: “*todos aquellos, que tenjã vedixas de cabellos en el cogote, que llamauan cuexpaleque.*” \n\n\n[^19]: *cuicoyanolo* in the *Real Palacio MS*.","html":"They each ate.
\nAnd when this was done, when there had been eating, then there was coming forth, there was the assembling here of all the men, the youths, and the boys, the small boys, those with a small tuft of hair at the back of the head,1 those with a little tuft of hair at the back of the head. They put all in order.
\nAt this time was begun the singing and dancing,2 at midday. In this manner was it danced: the serpent dance was performed. Between [the men] the women were going, as hath been told. The courtyard was well filled, it was well crowded, it was well packed. No longer was there coming forth among the people. There was much jostling.
\nAnd when they grew tired, thereupon there was leaving on the part of each one. Then there was shouting. Then they passed over there where the xocotl stood. Indeed there was continual trampling; indeed there was hurrying; indeed there was a press of people.
\nAnd the masters of the youths kept people away [from the *xocotl]. Their pine staves lay in the hands of each one. They did not hold back as they struck one, they did not spare their staves as they struck one. And those who in some way, somehow, quickly broke through [as the others] held them back, thereupon put their strength to the ropes, the heavy ropes.
\nThereupon there was climbing on the ropes. On one rope maybe twenty climbed
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