Honduras Vrs Guatemala en duelo Maya.
2012-12-20
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1 / 13Hondura´s Maya Chorti player Olman Rosales warms up before their Mayan ball game against Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA -
2 / 13Hondura´s Maya Chorti players Olman Rosales (L) and Hector Martinez (R) warm up before their Mayan ball game against Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA -
3 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua vie for the ball in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
4 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua vie for the ball in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
5 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua vie for the ball in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
6 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua vie for the ball in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
7 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua vie for the ball in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
8 / 13A Honduras Maya Chorti player celebrate after winning 6-5 in the Mayan ball game at Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
9 / 13A Honduras Maya Chorti player celebrates after winning 6-5 in the Mayan ball game at Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA -
10 / 13A Maya chaman performs a purification ritual during the ball game between Honduras' Maya chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
11 / 13A Mayan chaman performs a purification ritual during the game Maya between Honduras' Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA -
12 / 13Mayan hierarchs watch the game Maya between Honduras' Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. -
13 / 13Honduras Maya Chorti and Guatemala´s Quirigua stand in Copan Ruinas, some 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on December 18, 2012. The ancient Mayan ball game is part of celebrations that will finish next December 21, when the current 5200-year cycle comes to an end and a new era begins in the Mayan calender. According to historians, the Mayan ball game was a form of ritual, where the loser was sacrificed. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA.
