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michcuicatl.

Headword: 
michcuicatl.
Principal English Translation: 

the dance of the fish (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 150–151.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

auh in Villaseca vnpa q'[ui]ntlaqualti in tlatoque yc .quitemachiti ynic q'[ui]moteopa[n]ti Tepeyacac yhuan ompa macehualloc michcuicatl in queuhque mexica auh in tlatilolca yaocuicatl in queuhque = Y Villaseca allá dio de comer a los señores con lo cual dio a conocer que tomaba como suyo el templo de Tepeyacac. Y allí se danzó, los mexicanos interpretaron el michcuicatl y los tlaltelolcas interpretaron el yaocuicatl. (ca. 1582, México)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (México: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 150–151.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Music, Song, Dance