Such events have occurred on a regular basis and sometimes even during a cycle, such as the disappearance of the Mayan people.

这样的事件已经发生过，基于一个有规律的基础，有时候甚至在一个循环期间，就好比玛雅文明的突然消失一样。

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But it is the Mayan calendar that is causing people to worry.

但是就是这些玛雅人的历法使人担忧。

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Until recently it had been a monopoly of the ladinos (people of European or mixed ancestry), even though some 40% of Guatemala's population of 13m is of Mayan descent.

尽管危地马拉1300万人口中大约40%是玛雅人的血统，但直到最近，危地马拉一直被拉迪诺人(ladinos欧洲人或混血人血统)所垄断。

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Many of these underground water caves are considered sacred to the Mayan people.

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"Tikal, surrounded by ever-creeping vegetation and screeching wildlife, and since 1996 once again used for rituals by the Mayan people, feels organic and strangely vivid, " says The New York Times.

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The Mayan calendar is based on the position of the heavenly bodies -- the sun, the moon and the stars -- and was meant to tell the Mayan people about agricultural and economic trends, said archeologist Alfredo Barrera.

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