What You Probably Don’t Know About the Ancient Mayans

Published on January 18, 2018
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Take A Shot

Your first task is to pronounce this – xtabentún. Your second task would be trying to pronounce it after having had a couple of shots of it. This drink is an ancient Mayan rum/liquor that they made by fermenting honey.

Take A Shot

Take A Shot

Yucatan Peninsula

There are in fact an estimated 7 million Mayans still living in and around the Yucatan Peninsula today. The people are obviously not the same as the Mayans were, but they are descendants who follow many of the same traditions.

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Yucatan Peninsula

Yucatan Peninsula