Rutgers PhD student Sandra Acocal has published an article titled "Ritual para los Niños Dios entre los nahuas de San Pablo del Monte Cuauhtotoatla, Tlaxcala" in the journal Dimensión Anthropológica. This article emphasizes the importance of researching the youth of societies as part of their histories and development. It specifically explores the childhood and youth of the nahuas of San Pablo del Monte Cuauhtotoatla. The active participation in the life of their people is expressed in the ritual dedicated to the Child Gods ("Niños Dios"). The longest of all, lasting 12 days, involves 10 of their 12 neighborhoods and goes through the Nahua homes.
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