Píramides Maya de Chichen Itza | MEXICO #12

Well, start a new day, at half past four in the morning. And the truth is I'm not that tired. The truth is I'm fine, I guess I'll pass the bill in a bit. But good, I'm quite active. I'm going to go where I picked up the car, And well, a la vanetta is from the tour. And nothing, see if you're in the trip I'm sleeping I'll be back in a couple of hours because he slept like a four and a half. So nothing, see, now I join with everyone who is still partying. It's nine in the morning and we're here in Chichen Itza. You are a past. This is the most important pyramid, which is the temple of Kukulkan. And the good thing about coming at this hour is that, now there are very few people. But in a couple of hours this is gonna fill up, so it's best to take advantage of your morning. That is impressive. Oh, sea, we've been telling a little bit the story now during the tour And the truth is that it's a past, isn't it? The Mayas went extinct thousands of years ago. In fact, when the first Spaniards came they discovered this. In fact, the discoverer of Chichen Itza, I think, was an American. All this was eaten by the jungle. O sea, you had abandoned it years ago. And the disappearance of the Mayans was mainly due to lack of food. Especially because of the drought that was there, that for ten years it did not rain. And the entire Maya population went to the coasts to go fishing. And then, in fact, they made several colonies there in the area. But, even so, in the end they end up extinguishing. They're so famous because they had the most accurate calendar known to date. And that shows, for example, that in our calendar every four years there is a correction of 24 hours. It's the busiest day. Well, the Mayans make a 23 second correction every 5,200 years or so. Oh, sea, we still don't know how they managed to make such a precise calendar. And above, for example, the year 21 December 2012, What was the date that was believed to be the end of the world by the Mayan calendar, He wasn't really talking about the end of the world, but he was talking about a change in cycle. And that is what he was referring to above all the solar cycles. And they, the calendar as they had it made, built, is that it lasted 5,200 years, 5,100 y peak. And that's what a solar cycle lasted for. Then, simply in the year December 21, 2012, He said that the fifth solar cycle was ending and the sixth was beginning. Because the pyramid is designed for everything, including acoustics. Depends on where you applaud, one way or another. Even imitating the Quetzal, which is like the sacred animal here, that still exists. But here is like a Quetzalcoatl, who was the god who is the same as the god of the Mayans. Oh, sea, it did. I'm not going to lie. O sea, would the difference between when there was sun and shadow, would this, that makes the whole body, And then he lowered the head of the snake. Because every year on March 21st, it's when Kukulcán, the god of the Mayans, falls. For he came down in that form, as if he were a serpent, with that change, with that kind of shape of sun and shadow. And the bad thing is that sometimes, that year it would rain, so it couldn't have any effect. Because it was cloudy, because there was no sun to make the image of the serpent. So, what were you doing to solve it? What they're going to teach us now, is human sacrifice. And he presented himself as a volunteer. Well, here was the ball game. And basically, a team is like the Olympics for us, because it's just as important to them. I'm getting a new equipment, and in fact the acoustics are perfect in a straight line from there. If you stand in a straight line on the other side, you hear perfectly what they say. Then, as the team that was coming, they didn't know that, because they were using it as a spy. The rulers, the local leaders, listened to what the opponents said. This is where the two ball teams played. So, the question is that it was two teams, that it was seven people. Here was the seven, a magic number. It has to do with chakras and stuff. Well, also, there was a batting champion for each team. It was sitting here in the base, below the circle. One on one side. Salían from the center. With the shoulder, with the leg, with the heel. O sea, but never with the hand, nor with the foot. Then, it was pretty technical. And then there's a moment when they're passing it to the batting cage. The batsman would hit the ball, which was a rubber ball, that could weigh up to six kilos. Oh, sea, they were really muy pesadas. And then the batter had to put it through the hole, like everything else in life. And if I did, it was a very, very difficult shot. Because it was a big ball, very heavy on top, and the hole is very small. Then you had to make a shot almost perfect to get it. When that was over, once you put the ball in there, the game was over. And then, that's when human sacrifice was made. And who sacrificed them? Well, if you've seen my chapter on Teotihuacán, I told you that the one who was sacrificed was not the loser, but the winner. Because it was such an honor to be sacrificed to pass, because you were becoming like a demigod. In fact, they cut off your head and cut it off the loser captain. And the captain loser because it was like a disgrace, like a shame. And in fact he would keep playing matches until he could be the winner. Well, behind me here is a cenote. A cenote is basically like a giant natural water well. That formed over millions of years, because before this whole part of Mexico, The Yucatan Peninsula and the Riviera Mayor, was under water. Then what happened was there was a very big drought, and it was all coming to the surface. And what was the floor, much of it was made of limestone. Then the water filtered and was getting under the ground, but it was very fragile. Then for thousands of years passing water, filtering, finally they conquered great masses of land You're generating these wells. There are miles and miles of cenotes all over this area of Mexico. Yes, I believe it's one of the, if not the only, one of the few places in the world where there are cenotes. And of course there's more. This tour we're not going to get into this. I would have liked one named Iquil. If you have the opportunity to come on your own, go to a cenote called Iquil. It's about two kilometers from here, from the ruins. I think we're not going to that one, we're going to another one that's in the cave. So I'll show you and then if you don't I'll take a bath in one, even if it's out of the tour. Because that's one of the big reasons I wanted to come, because it's something very different. Yeah, I'm in the mood for that. So I'll teach you too that there really are different types. For example, on the surface, there are some that are half buried and others that are buried. And then you're totally in the dark inside a stone ceiling with stalactites. Even in the grottoes. Then there are lots of guys and they're very, very cool. Some can even be used for diving. So if you're a diver, then you also have many that are very well. Because you see fish and everything. So that's very cool. The cenotes were very important to the Mayans. Because for them it was like the entrance to the underworld. For the Mayans, there is no end to life as we see it. Like death and then there's nothing else. But they come as a one-time end in this life. There are seven levels of the underworld and then thirteen levels to ascend to heaven. I highly recommend that when you come, if you're coming here for the first time, that you take a tour. Because you're going to learn a lot more than you're coming to. If it's not a tour, maybe a guide or someone who knows a little bit about the history. Because if you don't know what's going on, how was my case? Typical of the Mayans, but you don't know what each thing represents. Well, if you see the pyramids, how beautiful they are. But I'll give you a tour, tell you everything. It's a waste. With the understanding of why everything is done. That everything has a meaning. That nothing is done for you. Really appreciate muchísimo más this place. In that sense I like Teotihuacán better. The good thing about Teotihuacan is that you can climb the pyramids. Here you can not submit a nada. Then, it is an important point. But the truth is, knowing the history, this is way more spectacular. And by God, be the season in which you come, come with sun cream and water. If you can, a hat or something. Because the heat is bestial. Now is not yet soon, not yet is not too late. Son las once de la mañana. I was just going to say hello. Because we came in here like at nine. You're making a heatwave. If you imagine this, you come at normal hours which are usually two or three in the afternoon. Here you are, live. Until now Mexico is, without a doubt, the country in which he has been that best souvenirs sell. But far away. It's always getting me to sell something. Plus they're super good at the price. I'm much better because you're going to another destination. They sell you the same shit everywhere. And you are super cute. Here's the price of motherfucking. And there are things that are very cool. So I end up buying todo México here. I'm about to buy myself a pyramid. The one I have behind me. The pyramid is like the sensation when you see it on TV. Can you imagine? Especially when you're going to buy something to haggle to death. Because the price they're putting you is like 300% easier than the real price. So if you say no, no, no. It's that he saw it in another place cheaper. And you're going down. As most of you know, Christopher Columbus is the one who takes credit for being the discoverer of America. But many civilizations have come here before them. And that we. Among them, for example, here are some of the symbols that are marked on the stone. You can even recognize a Viking and a Roman. O sea, as they fought against those civilizations.