People raise their hands toward the sun during the celebration of the Spring equinox
© AFPMEXICO CITY (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands amassed at the 2,300 year old city of Teotihuacan 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, with its massive Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon, to mark the equinox at 12:26 pm (1826 GMT).
They climbed to the apex of the pyramids to get closer to the cloud-filtered sun, limited however by archaeological authorities this year to just five minutes at the top.
Many dressed in white and undertook early tribal rituals, meditating with herbs and incense as they sought to recharge themselves with the sun's energy.
On the Yucatan peninsula, tens of thousands were expected to visit the Mayan pyramid of Kukulkan, where at the moment of the equinox, the sun's rays generate a shadow of seven triangles which look like a serpent descending the staircase.
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