 This was one of the more important Aztec festivals, and the people prepared for the whole month.They fasted or ate very little; a statue of the god was made with amaranth "(huautli)" seeds and honey, and at the end of the month, it was cut into small pieces so everybody could eat a little piece of the god.After the Spanish conquest, cultivation of amaranth was outlawed, while some of the festivities were subsumed into the Christmas celebration.