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USA Today
World does not
end, Mayan enthusiasts enjoy the day
David Agren
The last day of the Maya calendar came Friday, but nothing really bad
happened as some claimed it would. Mexico tourism officials were
thankful for the business.
ISLA MUJERES, Mexico — Alfredo Izquierdo dressed in white and stood on
the cliffs of this island near Cancún, where Mayan women would come for
fertility rituals centuries ago.
He came to the most easterly point in Mexican territory to soak up rays
at sunup and the day the Mayan long-count calendar changed — an event
occurring once every 5,125 years and a date hyped by Hollywood and some
mass media as the possible end of the world.
"It's an event everyone experiences differently," says Izquierdo, an
advertising agency owner and 25-year Cancún native.
The world didn't end on Friday — something Izquierdo considered a
stupid idea. But many of Izquierdo's ilk suspect change is in the
offing — perhaps it's environment, he offers.
Others headed to the island spoke of spiritual awakenings or mysticism
or expressed anti-capitalist sentiments or even made mentions of
extraterrestrials, a nod to the Mayas' past astronomical
accomplishments.
"We're treating the Earth so badly that sooner or later we're going to
get the bill for it," he says…
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