Posted on 03/09/2007 9:24:31 AM PST by presidio9
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.
Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.
Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites — which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles — would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30.
Bush's trip has already has sparked protests elsewhere in Latin America, including protests and clashes with police in Brazil hours before his arrival. In Bogota, Colombia, which Bush will visit on Sunday, 200 masked students battled 300 riot police with rocks and small homemade explosives.
The tour is aimed at challenging a widespread perception that the United States has neglected the region and at combatting the rising influence of Venezuelan leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has called Bush "history's greatest killer" and "the devil."
Iximche, 30 miles west of the capital of Guatemala City, was founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524.
You mean the kind of Mayan priests who would cut out the living hearts of their human sacrifices? Yeah, I can see they might be picky.
I bet it's Al Sharpton in a feather suit....
Meadow Muffin
He should try to sneak across our border and see what Bush does to stop his silly ass.
I thought they only purified to eliminate "heap bad spirits." Learn something new every day.
I hear they do a sacred dance called the "Chicken Dance".
They'd have to use a shovel if it'd been me visiting
That's nice. These scumbags will now be in practice in case the islamists start cutting heads off down there.
Hopefully this "purification" process won't involve human sacrifice. (/sarc/)
I heard that the Mayan Priests are also selling Carbon Offsets, which are just as effective as their rituals.
Dang!
Does that mean we got to purify our side of the border 12,000,000 times after they get all their illegal criminal "brothers" back?
You mean, purify the area of the sulfur odor?
""That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday."
Bush is one of his migrant brothers best allies.
"Nah. It's so easy even someone from the Stone Age can do it."
Actually, the search engine isn't working today, but even if it was it wouldn't have mattered, because the title is different.
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States,...."
That line just cracks me up, if anything, Pres Bush has made it easier for illegals to invade our country!
Stick with rubbing sticks together, Juan.
Are you kidding?
Kindred spirits...
Heads... beating hearts... it's all the same.
Jess sayin'...
Does anyone really care what these pagans do after the President leaves the area?
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