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In Yucatán, priests were sons of priests or second sons of nobles. [10] The priesthood provided high status positions for those children of the Maya nobility who could not obtain political office. They were trained through an apprentice system, with young adults being selected according to their descent and individual abilities.
The most important source on traditional Maya religion is the Mayas themselves: the incumbents of positions within the religious hierarchy, diviners, and tellers of tales. More generally, all those persons who shared their knowledge with outsiders in the past, as well as anthropologists and historians who studied them and continue to do so.
Chan Santa Cruz was a late 19th-century indigenous Maya state in modern-day Quintana Roo.It was also the name of a shrine that served as the center of the Maya Cruzoob [note 1] religious movement, and of the town that developed around the shrine, now known as Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
The 16th-century Maya priesthood was headed by a high priest who instructed the other priests and advised the king. Kahuna Nui, presides over the temple or heiau. Below the Kahuna Nui are various types and ranks of priests. In Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, the High Priest is considered to be successor to Nichiren, through the lineage of Nikko Shonin.
The Kan Ekʼ name is recorded in the hieroglyphic text on Seibal Stela 11. The Kan Ekʼ name is recorded as being used by a king of Motul de San José, just north of Lake Petén Itzá, [5] as far back as the Late Classic period (c. AD 600-900) of Mesoamerican chronology. [6]
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This category and its subcategories are for articles relating to the belief systems of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, including aspects such as mythology, religion, ceremonial practices and observances.
2. Hoppin’ John. Southerners are usually eating Hoppin’ John (a simmery mix of black-eyed peas and rice) on New Year's Day. Like most “vegetable” recipes from around this area, it contains ...