The Nahuas (/ ˈnɑːwɑːz / NAH-wahz[1]) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. [2][3][4][5][6][7] They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico, [8][9] as well as the largest population out of any North American Indigen...

Beginning on Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), groups of Nahua men come together to dance, play music, and give thanks for the coming year. In the picture below, Nahua men play traditional folk music on a guitar and violin.

Nahua, Middle American Indian population of central Mexico, of which the Aztecs (see Aztec) of pre-Conquest Mexico are probably the best known members. The language of the Aztecs, Nahua, is spoken by all the Nahua peoples in a variety of dialects.

Apr 9, 2025 · The men dress themselves; they put on capes and loincloths, they wear sandals, armbands, necklaces, quetzal feather devices; they bear fans, they wear anklets. They cut their hair, arrange their hairdress well, watch themselves in mirrors.

The Nahua of La Huasteca is an indigenous ethnic group of Mexico and one of the Nahua peoples. They live in the mountainous area called La Huasteca which is located in north eastern Mexico and contains parts of the states of Hidalgo, Veracruz and Puebla.

The name "Nahua" is used by scholars to refer to Native Americans of Middle America who speak one of the closely related dialects of the Nahuatl language. Nahua itself is a Nahuatl term that means "intelligible," "clear," or "audible."

Jul 6, 2020 · In the history of ancient Mexico, legend and fact have become intertwined as historical figures turned legendary heroes fight against the almighty gods. In the beginning there was nothing; nothing at all. No light, no life, no consciousness, no movement, no breath.

In more traditional Nahua communities, the primary religious specialist is the shaman, called tlamatiquetl ("person of knowledge"). These shamans may be either male or female, and they undergo an apprenticeship under an established master before practicing on their own.

Jul 6, 2020 · These men and women, in spite of their great size, were, in reality, weak beings. When they fell, as in an accident, they fell forever. In this Sun the people were nourished with maize water. But this Sun, too, was destroyed. The people were eaten by jaguars.

Nahuas, a people bound together by a shared culture and language (Nahuatl) dominated central Mesoamerica in 1519.