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XLIV OAS Policy Roundtable: “The 13 Mayan Bak'tun: The End of an Era and the Dawn of Another”
Date: October 2, 2012 - 10:30 AM
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS main Building Washington D.C

Welcoming remarks by OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza (07'53)

“The Legacy of the Mayan Civilization and its Importance to the Cultural Heritage of the Americas” Maruja Acevedo, Guatemalan National Tourism Institute (INGUAT) (06'26)

Performance of a Mayan ceremony (07'101")

“The Beginning of the Mayan Civilization and its Calendar in Peten, Guatemala” Francisco Estrada-Belli, Professor at the Department of Archaeology, Boston University (26'51)

“The Mayan Cosmology in the Interpretation of the End of an Era” Tomás Barrientos, Director of the Department of Archaeology and of the Center for Archaeological and Anthropological Research, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala (32'39)

Tourism Video Clip - Guatemala (04'04")

Question and answer session (16'43")

INGUAT - Guatemalan Folkloric Ballet performance (04'54")