Alcaldes on the fourth, or top level. These cargo positions must be requested in advance and are held for one year each, with rest periods in between the years of service. The officials occupying the positions are referred to as cargo holde…Even after years of field research (begun in 1957), many of the ritual episodes of this complex Fiesta of San Sebastián are still obscure. A number of strands of considerable symbolic import, however, are beginning to emerge from this rich …All of the Maya cultures with which we are familiar, both past and present, appear to be preoccupied with the passage of time. Witness the extraordinary accomplishments of the ancient Maya in the development of a calendar system. Witness th…
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