Greetings, My name is Father Aapo, which means Father Of Many Nations . I am a priest of The Mayans. I am known to be very famous around the Mayan community, I communicate with the gods.
My Job as a priest is to be a keeper of knowledge. I have also learned and taught reading and writing.
I am here to make a offering to the gods, soon people will gather.
Some religious ceremonies were known for cutting out the heart, and offering it to the gods, this was done by my friend Nacom.
I hold a religious ceremony once a month, religion is a big deal in our culture.
I am known to be very skilled at math and science, I am also able to track the cycles of planets.
I often fast for long periods of time, I also preform lots of rituals to the gods.
I preform rituals like bloodletting, which is where you prick yourself and bleed, it pleases the gods.
sacrifice
I consult calendars to pick good times for sacred rituals.
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These practices enabled priests to enter a trance state where they could talk to the gods and intercede with them for good weather or good omens for the people.
At times, Maya priests would prophesy and foretell future events.
Maya priests taught the youngsters of the nobles.
Noble boys learned the glyph that made up the Maya alphabet and words.
Anyone who wanted to be a scribe or priest studied extra, as there were hundreds of glyphs for them to learn.
Priests also taught astronomy, mathematics and religious rituals.
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