Photographer Kike Arnal has long documented the lives of people and cultures across the globe. His photo project “The New Aztecs” is a series of portraits documenting a revival of ancient Aztec culture in present-day downtown Mexico City. Men and women don headdresses that are as tall as they are; lavish, colorful costumes; skeleton masks and feathers. They perform ritual dances and take part in shamanic healing ceremonies for tourists and believers alike. It’s pertinent that these rituals are happening at Zócalo, the main square in central Mexico City that was, before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the main ceremonial center of the Aztec city-state known as Tenochtitlan. In these photos, Arnal documents the exuberance and endurance of an ancient culture that’s coming back to life.