(Martin Mejia/Associated Press)īill Leith, the U.S. Peruvian shamans perform a ritual against the alleged 2012 apocalyptic Mayan prediction in Lima, Peru on Thursday. If the chanting and dancing of a crystal skull ceremony held Thursday weren't enough to end fears of an apocalypse, scientists chimed in, too. "We'll still have to pay taxes next year," said Gabriel Romero, a Los Angeles-based spiritualist who uses crystal skulls in his ceremonies. What nobody was calling the moment was the end of the world, as some people in recent years have interpreted the meaning of the end of the 13th Baktun - despite the insistence of archeologists and the Maya themselves it meant no such thing.
"We are in a frequency of love, we are in a new vibration."īut it was unclear how long the love would last: A security guard quickly came over and asked him to stop blowing his conch shell, enforcing the ruin site's ban on holding ceremonies without previous permits. "It has already arrived, we are already in it," he said of the new era. Ivan Gutierrez, a 37-year-old artist who lives in the nearby village, stood before the pyramid and blew a low, sonorous blast on a conch horn. Hundreds of people were scattered around the vast central plaza of Chichen Itza, some kneeling in attitudes of prayer, some seated with arms outstretched in positions of meditation, all facing El Castillo, the massive main pyramid. Whatever the details, the chance to mark epochal change seemed to be the main concern among celebrants drawn to the Yucatan peninsula. It said the Mayan Long Count calendar cycle might not really end until Sunday. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History even suggested that historical calculations to synchronize the Mayan and Western calendars might be off a few days. "Wait until the dawn on the 22nd that is when we Maya will speak," Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu had warned at an earlier symposium. One thing became clear to many on the site by Friday morning: The world had not ended. Others looked to Friday's dawn here in the Mayan heartland. No one was quite sure at what time the Mayas' 13th Baktun would officially end on this Dec. "This world is being reborn as a better world," said Hernandez, a 55-year old accountant who wore an expression of bliss. Genaro Hernandez stood with his arms outstretched to the morning light, all clad in white, facing the pyramids' grey stone, to welcome the new era. The hundreds gathered in the ancient Mayan city, however, said they believed it marked the birth of a new and better age. Some have interpreted the prophetic moment as the end of the world. A few puts a little more attention on the positive-that there is a small number (of people or things).Ceremonial fires burned and conches sounded off as dawn broke over the steps of the main pyramid at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza Friday, making what many believe is the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. The difference in meaning is subtle, but usually few puts a little more attention on the negative-that there is not a large number (of people or things). Most of his books are boring, but there are a few that I like. Ī few people arrived early.įew people arrived early.Ī few of the students forgot to bring their books to class.įew (if any) of the students forgot to bring their books to class. Below are some examples showing how each is used. A few means "some (people or things)." It is used to say that there are a small number of people or things. Few means "not many (people or things)." It is used to say that there are not a lot of people or things.
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