First sunrise of new Mayan calendar

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AFP

Published Sunday, December 23, 2012

Dozens of Guatemalan Mayan priests, watched by a few foreign tourists and doomsdayers, perform traditional ceremonies at the first sunrise of the new Mayan era at the vast archaelogical heritage site of Tikal.

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