Kekchi Aborigines from Coban protest a day before the Oxlajuj Baktun celebration at the Tikal Mayan ruins in Peten, Guatemala on Dec. 20, 2012. Indigenous activists protested outside Guatemala’s ancient ruins of Tikal on Thursday as members of the country’s poverty-stricken Mayan communities sought to draw international attention to their plight ahead of festivities to mark the end of the Mayan calendar, Reuters reports. [Credit : William Gularte/Reuters]
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Kekchi Aborigines from Coban protest a day before the Oxlajuj Baktun celebration at the Tikal Mayan ruins in Peten, Guatemala on Dec. 20, 2012. Indigenous activists protested outside Guatemala’s ancient ruins of Tikal on Thursday as members of the country’s poverty-stricken Mayan communities sought to draw international attention to their plight ahead of festivities to mark the end of the Mayan calendar, Reuters reports.

[Credit : William Gularte/Reuters]

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    I know they were able to practice on some sites, I was able to record the ceremonies on my TV! I forgot which ones...
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    Does anyone know what happened in El Salvador with the Maya ceremonies? Was the government doing the same as Guatemala?
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    real meaning to 12.12.21. but ahead of the tourist masses. —nb
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