A part of the song of the women of chalko
In 1479 (the year 13-Reed), some men from the towns of Chalco-Amaquemecan and Tlamanalco went for the first time to sing in Mexico-Tenochtitlan: the Mexica (Aztecs) held hegemony in the area, including Chalco. The song they sang was a war song called the “Song of the Woman Warrior.” They played it for the tlatoani, or ruler, Lord Axayacatl (ca 1469-1481), performing it in the patio outside his house of women. Unfortunately, the performance got off to a rather slow start. A man from the area of Tlamanalco in Chalco, one who had never played the drums before or directed a song, made a very bad showing SONG OF THE WOMEN OF CHALCO Get up, you little sisters, go, go, look for flowers, let's go, let's go, we'll cut flowers. Here they stretch, here they stretch the flowers of water and fire, the flowers of the shield, those that seem to men, which are prestige: flowers of war. They are beautiful flowers, With the flowers that are on me, I adorn myself, They are my fl...