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And, perhaps most striking of all, the distinctive hooked nose and sloping forehead of the ancient Maya, whose stony profiles look down on the visitor from the carved walls of their ruined cities, are still reflected in the features of the local people.
In fact, corn came to symbolize life for the Maya — in their myths of creation, mankind was formed from lumps of maize dough.
Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?
The Maya considered them to be holy places because they were the only source of fresh water other than what fell from the sky; for this reason, Mayan artifacts have been found in many cenotes.
Perhaps each thought he had made a sufficient statement by having a black woman--Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, or Maya Angelou--perform at his ceremony.