
Aztecs Tribe is one of the strongest tribes in Mexico. A tribe rooted in their traditional belief.
This group of people had an encounter with the Spanish colonials who watched their activity and the cultural way of life and asked the chiefs why they perform their traditional ritual rite of extracting heart from captured humans; They reiterated that "heart harvesting is a means of liberating themselves and reuniting with their Sun God and the life they live is because of their gods.
With their sacrifice, life will be given back to them.
The sacrifice usually happens monthly using their slaves or neighbouring and captured victims.
During the sacrificial ritual,the victims were expected to bless the children, greet and cheer passers-by,hear people's petitions to the gods, visit people in their homes, led sacred songs,procession and dances.
Before and during the killing, the traditional priest and audience gathers in the sacrificial destination, Pierce and bled themselves as auto sacrifice. Hymns, whistles and dances marked different phases of the rite, then they are dismembered by their priest with a special sacrificial knife.
The heart which is the essential and vital part of the sacrifice is taken and offered to the gods while the rest of the body is thrown away.
Till today the sacrificial site and chamber is being preserved and is now a world heritage site. This is being depicted in the movie (apocalypse).
It's a real ancient story and events. Whereas colonization of the Americas started in the 15th Century by the Europeans following colonizationg in the 19th Century.

