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everyone works (see Molina); a type of rotary draft labor applied to indigenous communities for the construction of large buildings, such as churches
ypan tequitihua = on it tribute duty is done (Culhuacan, 1583)
ynic ye tequitihuan çeçe samana yn oquimotequitique tlatoque yn opeuhqui Ocotelulco Tizatla Quiahuiztlan Tepeticpac çan iuh tlayahualutiuh ynic mochihua yn iteocaltzin totlaçonatzin Santa Maria Assupçio = Para hacer el trabajo, los Tlahtoque trabajaron cada uno una semana. Empezaron los Ocotelolco, [luego] Tizatlan, Quiahuiztlan y Tepeticpac, así se fueron rotando para hacer el templo de nuestra amada madre Santa María Asunción. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Ipan inin xihuitl opeuhqui tequitihua huey Teocalco = En este año comenzó a seguir la fábrica de la Iglesia Mayor (Puebla, 1797)