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DETAILS ABOUT MAYANS

Added on: 3rd Dec 2015

 

JUST LIKE THE AZTECS, THE MAYANS WERE AVID

PLAYERS OF THE "MESOAMERICAN BALLGAME".

COURTS WERE FOUND IN ALL MAJOR CITIES AND IT

WAS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH DECAPITATION AND

SACRIFICE, POSSIBLY OF THE LOSING TEAM.

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IN FACT, SEVERED HEADS HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TO

BE USED AS BALLS

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A MODERN VERSION CALLED "ULAMA" IS STILL PLAYED

TODAY, BUT DECAPITATION IS OBVIOUSLY

NO LONGER A PART OF THE GAME

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SAUNAS AND SWEAT BATHS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN

MAYAN CULTURE. THEY BELIEVED THAT THE SAUNAS

HELPED THEM RELIEVE IMPURITIES

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ALTHOUGH THE MAYAN PEOPLE LIVE ON TODAY,

THE LAST SELF-GOVERNING MAYAN STATE

SUBMITTED TO SPANISH RULE IN 1697

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THE RUINS AND PYRAMIDS YOU ALWAYS SEE IN PICTURES

ARE MOST LIKELY THOSE OF CHICHEN ITZA, ONE OF THE

LARGEST MAYAN CITIES. IT HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN

BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT FROM A PRIVATE OWNER

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PRISONERS, SLAVES, AND OTHERS WERE PREPARED FOR

SACRIFICE BY BEING PAINTED BLUE AND SOMETIMES

TORTURED. THEY WERE THEN LED UP TO THE TOP OF ONE

OF THE PYRAMIDS. THERE THEY WERE EITHER SHOT WITH

A VOLLEY OF ARROWS OR THEY HAD THEIR STILL BEATING

HEART CUT OUT OF THEIR CHEST BY A TEMPLE PRIEST.

SOMETIMES THE ASSISTANT PRIESTS WOULD THEN SKIN

THE VICTIM AND THE HEAD PRIEST WOULD DRESS HIMSELF

IN THE SKIN AND PERFORM A RITUAL DANCE.

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CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THE MAYANS DON'T HAVE

JUST ONE CALENDAR AND NONE OF THEIR CALENDARS

PREDICTED THE WORLD WOULD END IN 2012

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