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In chapter 1, Carrasco explains how these three concepts define the structure of Mesoamerican religious observance. These concepts interconnect in a manner that describes the Mesoamerican worldview. First of all, worldmaking refers to creation mythology that pictures the origin of the world and cosmos. However, rather than being a story that has a definitive end, Mesoamerican culture gives human beings an integral role, as it is thorough human intervention that the world becomes centered, which occurs "through the work of sacred specialists and royal lineages" (Carrasco 22). As this suggests, completing and continuing the process of creation is a continual process in the Mesoamerican view"...just as the cosmos was made (sunrise) and centered (sun-path) through sacrifice, so it is renewed through daily, weekly, months and yearly sacrifices" (Carrasco 23).
Mesoamerican customs demonstrate the manner in which these three concepts are completely intertwined. For example, the "sacred ball court" (tlachco) in Nahuatl, (Pok-ta-pok in Maya) was a game played throughout Mesoamerica and it was also a form of religious expression (Carrasco...