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Mayan Sages Perform Sacred Rite on Cuba Beach | Essentials

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Mayan Sages Perform Sacred Rite on Cuba Beach

Mayan Warrior in Morería, Chichicastenango
Mayan Warrior in Morería, Chichicastenango by AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker
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Three Guatemalan sages burned wood resin, seeds, fruits and flowers on a beach outside Havana on Thursday in a ceremony marking the end of a Mayan calendar cycle that some have incorrectly translated as a prediction of a looming apocalypse. Raising their hands to the sky and praying in their native language, they kissed each offering prior to tossing them into the flames or the waves to invoke the gods' favor. "We are at a moment of profound connection," Pedro Celestino Yac Noj stated. "We came here to share the sacred fire and make offerings to mother Earth and the sea.". The ceremony in Bacuranao, 12 miles (20 kilometers) east of the Cuban capital, occurred 2 weeks prior to Dec. 21, 2012, when an even more than 5,000-year period of the Mayan calendar ends.

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Pedro Celestino

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0.242984"We are at a moment of profound connection," Pedro Celestino Yac Noj said. ...
0.220235"We are at a moment of profound connection," Pedro Celestino Yac Noj said. "We came here to share the sacred fire and make offerings to mother Earth and the sea."
0.149321"The 21st is for giving thanks and gratitude and the 22nd welcomes the new cycle, a new dawn," he said. ...
0.191685Celestino said they chose Thursday for the rite as "the day of movement, represented by the holy serpent, energy that rules the lives of leaders, the famous and the government."
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City: Havana

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City: Hollywood

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Country: Cuba

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Country: Mexico

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Region: Bacuranao

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Continent: Americas

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