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Maya Festivals and Celebrations

Why Do They Love Making Noise At The Festivals?

Did The Mayan Practice Human Sacrifice at The Festivals?

The Mayas loved making noise because it let the demons know that the priest were fierce and powerful, and it also attracted the attention of the gods in the heavens and it let them know that they are praying.

When are Festivals and Celebrations?

They Mayan Empire celebrates a festival every 20th day.

The Mayan did practice human sacrifice, but it wasn't a part of every festival. When captives were forced to play a game of ball the Maya team always lost. And so after the game the captive team was sacrificed. Of course they do not practice this today, but they did back then.

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/festivals.html

What Do They Do at The Festivals?

Things They Did At Every Festival

The priest would get up on the steps of the pyramid or temple so everybody could see them and then they would rattle things and make a bunch of noise. They all loved making noise at their festivals.

The Maya people did a ritual called bloodletting at every festival. But you did bloodletting at your own will because it was a personal sacrifice. Bloodletting is when the Maya cut themselves so that a drop or two of blood would appear. Then the nobles would take the blood and smear it on some bark, and burn it so their blood would "get to heaven" so the gods know that they are giving sacrifice.

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