Xiuhtecuhtli, the lord of fire, was remembered in Izcalli, the month of growing, when children were grabbed by the neck to make them grow tall. Immediately after Izcalli came the five nameless days, the nemontemi, that ended the year. Every four years, during Izcalli, the kindling of new fire was celebrated. Men and women destined for sacrifice were prepared, with feathers pasted on their heads.After the sun passed the zenith, Paynal descended from the temple of Huitzilopochtli on Coatepec. He led the captives to be sacrificed. The lords dressed in blue and wore turquoise ornaments, and carried in their hands wooden scepters shaped like weaving swords, painted red and white. They came down from the summit of Coatepec, and danced four times around the courtyard.