SpeedRacer 1 #1 March 12, 2007 Priests to purify site after Bush visit By Juan Carlos Llorca, Associated Press Writer | March 9, 2007 GUATEMALA CITY --Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. | "That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday. Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans. Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites -- which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles -- would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30. Bush's trip has already has sparked protests elsewhere in Latin America, including protests and clashes with police in Brazil hours before his arrival. In Bogota, Colombia, which Bush will visit on Sunday, 200 masked students battled 300 riot police with rocks and small homemade explosives. The tour is aimed at challenging a widespread perception that the United States has neglected the region and at combatting the rising influence of Venezuelan leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has called Bush "history's greatest killer" and "the devil." Iximche, 30 miles west of the capital of Guatemala City, was founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #2 March 12, 2007 The Mayans could always sacrifice a few more virgins. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,611 #3 March 12, 2007 QuoteThe Mayans could always sacrifice a few more virgins. Burnt any witches recently Steve?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #4 March 12, 2007 Gave that up for lent. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,611 #5 March 12, 2007 QuoteGave that up for lent. Hardcore! My gf couldn't even manage chocolate.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #6 March 12, 2007 She needs to learn from Christian like me (I don't observe lent). Give up something you don't do or like for lent. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #7 March 12, 2007 QuoteShe needs to learn from Christian like me (I don't observe lent). Give up something you don't do or like for lent. ____________________________________ Does that really count? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #8 March 12, 2007 I never observed lent in my Baptist & Church of God heritage, so I don't know. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,611 #9 March 13, 2007 QuoteShe needs to learn from Christian like me (I don't observe lent). Give up something you don't do or like for lent. I certainly try not to let anything come between me and decadence.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #10 March 13, 2007 My philosophy ... "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive." 1 Corinthians 10:23 steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #11 March 13, 2007 Back on track, Where did these "Mayan Priests" come from? Wasn't their civilization wiped out by the Spanish invaders?“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #12 March 13, 2007 I assume in taking the moral high ground they'll use the traditional Mayan method of cleansing; the human sacrifice of their South American neighbours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #13 March 13, 2007 Obviously, I don't know either. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #14 March 13, 2007 QuoteBack on track, Where did these "Mayan Priests" come from? Wasn't their civilization wiped out by the Spanish invaders? there are still pure Mayans living in the wooded areas above/north/west of Guatemala City. Several languages still persist in spite of the governments "Mayan Death Squads" of the late 70's. If I remember right, Carter or Ford cut off all US military aid to Guatemala because the government was attempting to eradicate all Mayans from the country. I don't think they sacrifice virgins anymore, Steve...just Christian tourists. If you ever have the chance to see the spring rites in Tikal or Poptun (not so far from Belize boogie), it's well worth the experience. Just plan on staying in Tikal, where the electricity is shut off after dark and monkeys rain rocks on your cabin all night. Otherwise, you waste more than half a day just getting there from most anywhere. Guatemala Antigua is a city that everyone should have the opportunity to experience. Incredible place, and if you like chocolate, you can have it custom pounded right then and there on the street. Can't blame em' for wanting to clean up after Bush, can you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
