Mexicayotl (

Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...

word meaning "Essence of the Mexican", "Mexicanity"; Spanish: ''Mexicanidad''; see '' -yotl'') is a movement that aims to revive the

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and

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of ancient Mexico ( Aztec religion and Aztec philosophy) among the

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. The movement came to light in the 1950s, led by

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intellectuals otherwise known as the descendants of The Aztec Triple Alliance Elite.

History

The Mexicayotl movement started in the 1950s with the founding of the group ''Nueva Mexicanidad'' by Antonio Velasco Piña. In the same years Rodolfo Nieva López founded the ''Movimiento Confederado Restaurador de la Cultura del Anáhuac'', the co-founder of which was Francisco Jimenez Sanchez who in later decades became a spiritual leader of the Mexicayotl movement, endowed with the

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'' Tlacaelel''. He had a deep influence in shaping the movement, founding the In Kaltonal ("House of the Sun", also called Native Mexican Church) in the 1970s. From the 1970s onwards Mexicayotl has grown developing in a web of local worship and community groups (called '' calpulli'' or ''kalpulli'')Susanna E. Rostas.
Mexicanidad: The Resurgence of the Indian in Popular Mexican Nationalism
'. University of Cambridge, 1997. and spreading to the Mexican Americans or Chicanos in the

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. It has also developed strong ties with Mexican national identity movements and Chicano nationalism. Sanchez's Native Mexican Church (which is a confederation of ''calpullis'') was officially recognised by the government of

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in 2007.
Religión prehispánica renace en el siglo 21
'. Vanguardia, 2008.

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In Kaltonal

Kalpulli Xochicuicatl
Chicano nationalism Indigenismo in Mexico Indigenismo in the United States Indigenous peoples in Mexico City Mesoamerican mythology and religion Mexican nationalism New religious movements established in the 1950s Religion in Mexico Religion in the United States

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