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Mexicayotl ( Nahuatl word meaning "Essence of the Mexican", "Mexicanity";

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: ''Mexicanidad''; see '' -yotl'') is a movement reviving the indigenous religion, philosophy and traditions of

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and

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) among the Mexican people. 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 Tlacaelel I (1397 – 1487) ( nci, Tlācaēllel , "Man of Strong Emotions," from "tlācatl," person and "ēllelli," strong emotion) was the principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica (Aztec) empire. He was the son ...

''. 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 Indigenous Mexican American culture Indigenous nationalism in the Americas Indigenous peoples in Mexico City Indigenous politics in North America Mesoamerican mythology and religion Mexican nationalism New religious movements Religion in Mexico Religion in the United States

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