FACTS ABOUT MAYANS
Added on: 13th Oct 2015
ALTHOUGH THEIR CIVILIZATION HAS DECLINED AND BEEN
CONQUERED, IN MANY RURAL PARTS OF MEXICO AND
GUATEMALA THE MAYAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
PERSEVERES
IN FACT, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 7 MILLION MAYA
STILL LIVING IN AND AROUND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SOME LINGUISTS BELIEVE THAT THE WORD "SHARK"
WAS ORIGINALLY A MAYAN WORD
THE PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYANS OFTEN SOUGHT TO
"ENHANCE" THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THEIR CHILDREN.
MOTHERS WOULD PRESS BOARDS ON THE FOREHEADS OF
THEIR KIDS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE FLATTER
(MOSTLY JUST IN THE UPPER CLASS)
OBJECTS WERE ALSO OFTEN DANGLED IN FRONT OF A
BABY'S EYES UNTIL THE BABY WAS CROSS EYED,
WHICH WAS ANOTHER DESIRABLE TRAIT FOUND IN NOBILITY
CHILDREN WERE ALL NAMED ACCORDING TO THE DAY
ON WHICH THEY WERE BORN
MAYAN MEDICINE WAS ACTUALLY QUITE ADVANCED.
THEY SUTURED WOUNDS USING HUMAN HAIR, FILLED TEETH
AND EVEN MADE PROSTHESIS
SOME MAYANS TODAY STILL PRACTICE BLOOD SACRIFICE.
DON'T WORRY THOUGH, HUMAN SACRIFICE IS NO LONGER
PRACTICED…CHICKENS ONLY
MAYANS USED PAINKILLERS TAKEN FROM THEIR NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT IN BOTH RELIGIOUS RITUALS
(AS HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS) AND IN MEDICINE
(AS ANESTHETICS)
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