Mayans Divided About End of World Hype

Despite the hype surrounding the end of the Mayan calendar's 5,200-year cycle, many modern-day Mayans are taking the event less seriously, even though a few admit the doomsday rumors are scary.

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5 months ago

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World

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North America, Seriously?

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Mexico

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apocalypse

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SHOTLIST: CENTRAL VALLARTA, QUINTANA ROO STATE, MEXICO, DECEMBER 18, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV / ACCESS ALL Mayan Village of Central Vallarta, Quintana Roo State: -VAR of Doña Julia and her family in their home Hotel Sandos Caracol, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State: -VAR of tourists relaxing in the garden of the hotel SOUNDBITE 1: Juliana Mex (woman), resident of Mayan village (Spanish, 17 sec): “It scares me! They say the world will end and all (...) I think it’s not true. But they’re saying in tv that it is!” Hotel Sandos Caracol, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State: -VAR of tourists relaxing in the garden of the hotel SOUNDBITE 4: Andres Tun (man), lives in a Mayan Village (Spanish, 12 sec): “I think the Mayans of today don’t really know what this is all about. It’s been talked about a lot on television.” SOUNDBITE 5: Dimitri (man), Russian tourist (English, 15 sec): "We will pull our glasses with Russian vodka, and meet the End of the World like this. Ah! The end of the World!" -VAR of Doña Julia and her family in their home ---------------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY