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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - Culture and rituals of Guatemala

Each year a home hosts an effigy of Maximon a benevolent diety with a penchant for cigars, run and money.

GUATEMALA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [4382] | View Larger Image

Each year a home hosts an effigy of Maximon a benevolent diety with a penchant for cigars, run and money.

Mayan rituals, often involved incense, are still perform at church doors, showing a unique cultural blend of spiritual beliefs.

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A wooden Maximon is offered a smoke from a wooden pipe as incentive to answer locals' prayers.

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