Mayans do not predict the end of the world in 2012

If you are worried that according to the Mayan calendar, the world will end in 2012, so be assured because it is still very far away. This is the affirmation of experts about the Maya to dispel rumors related to the predictions of the end of the world in 2012 of the ancient Maya.

According to the Mayan calendar, the period of 5.126 years will end on December 21, 2012. This is the day when the ancient Mayan conception marked the return of Bolon Yokte, the god Maya was associated with war and creativity.

In a book written in 1987, author Jose Arguelles called the day 'the end of a period that mankind has experienced' , thereby raising a lot of debate about the end of the world. Mayan theory The majority of them conjecture that a cataclysm could submerge the world.

However, during the meeting in the ancient Mayan city located in southern Mexico, experts concluded that December 21, 2012 was merely a day marking the end of a creative period and Start a new era.

Erik Velasquez, a sculptor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), said there was no prophecy about the end of the world in 2012 and thought it was "a false rumor". .

Meanwhile, the Institute of Anthropology in Mexico is also trying to quell rumors about the end of the world. In a recent statement, the institute said that Western deviant ways of distorting the world view of ancient civilizations like the Mayan civilization. The Mayan calendar dates back to 3,114 BC and is divided into 394-year periods called Baktuns. The Mayans always think that the 13th is sacred and the 13th Baktuns will end next year.

Sven Gronemeyer, an ancient Mayan character researcher from La Trobe University (Australia), is currently trying to decipher the ancient calendar, saying that what people call the end of the world is actually just a day. transferred from one era to another, or period marked the return of god Bolon Yokte. He also said that because this god symbolizes the creation day, it is understandable that the ancient Maya chose this god to show the beginning of a new cycle.

The institute also said that of the approximately 15,000 ancient texts found in the remaining parts of the Mayan empire, there are only two texts mentioning 2012.