Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush visit

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_fe_st/guatemala_bush_purification_1

Priests to purify site after Bush visit By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 9, 12:20 AM ET



GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.

"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.

Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.

Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites — which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles — would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Haha, awesome.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. Hey, they know George W. Bush cooties when they see 'em.

:rofl: That's priceless! :thumbsup:

[ZombieNixon]

3. I may have at last found the religion for me!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[madinmaryland]

4. Imagine what we will have to do after he leaves DC?

The amount of cleansing will be HUGH!!1!!

[LynneSin]

5. Man are you SERIES!!!111!!!! BOY WE ARE SCREWN!!!111!!1!!

:D

[madinmaryland]

6. We've been SCREWN for over six years!!

My god, how are they going to cleanse everything that has been fouled by the stench of this admin?

[RevCheesehead]

7. Hell, can we get them to come on up here, too?

K & R :thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Oh Gawd! What a burn!

K&R! :rofl: