"Mictlan," a choral composition by Mexican composer Jorge Cozatl, tells the story of the journey of the dead. Cozatl drew on his own ancestry to produce the new interpretation of Aztec mythology; some parts were translated from Spanish to Nahuatl, an Aztecan dialect. The piece is sung in 10 parts -- an introduction and nine movements representing the nine "tests" the soul must pass on its journey through the underworld.
Those nine sections, translated to English, are titled:
•"Where the river goes"
•"Place where hills hit to each other"
•"Hill of blades"
•"Place where the frozen wind blows"
•"Place where the bodies float like flags"
•"Place of arrows"
