Kojkol

One of the moments that reinforced the idea that "matter matters" took place while talking to Eve, a 26-year-old woman. I asked her if there was a word in nahuatl (native language of the region) to name the open-air fire they use to cook, and she said they call it "kojkol." Eve then tried to explain to me the meaning of “kojkol”: "They refer to it in that way because, if it does not light up, then they talk with him." “With whom?”, I asked. "With the fire," she said, and added: "Sometimes, for example, we arrive [home], and my grandmother, she talks to “kojkol” because he does not want to light up; he is sad." I asked if she knew what her grandmother was saying, and Eve told me: "I've never been able to listen with care, but I think she talks about the family's worries. She tells him that everything will be fine, that he doesn’t have to be sad, but, yes, she talks to the fire."