People around the world take part in rituals to celebrate the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar.
Mayan prophecy: a new beginning
22 Dec 2012
A man dressed in an Aztec costume performs a dance during a ceremony to mark the close of the 13th bak'tun outside the Pre Columbian archeological zone of Teotihuacan on December 21, 2012. Thousands of mystics, hippies and tourists celebrated in the sunshine of southeastern Mexico on Friday as the Earth survived a day billed by doomsday theorists as the end of the world and a new era began for the Maya people. Photo: Reuters
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