People perform rituals to ward off end of the world predictions.
A
shaman takes part in a traditional spiritual ceremony among the ruins
at the archaeological site of the Maya civilization of Copan December
20, 2012. This week, at sunrise on Friday, December 21, an era closes in
the Maya Long Count calendar, an event that has been likened by
different groups to the end of days, the start of a new, more spiritual
age or a good reason to hang out at old Maya temples across Mexico and
Central America.