Compare And Contrast American And Mayan Culture

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Both the American and the Mayan cultures are very unique and full of surprises. These cultures are very important in our everyday lives and contribute to everything we have and do today. This essay will compare the two cultures and everything that they believe. Most modern Americans believe in christianity, but there are many other believes to like Jewish and Bodison. Americans (for the most part) believe that God is their savior and they believe in holy Christ. The American calendar is mostly used for telling what day it is and what will be going on in their everyday lives. The calendar is also used to tell if it is a special day like Christmas, Easter, or Halloween. Americans for the most part want to be beautiful but won't go to any length for it. In America it is beautiful if you have jewellery, nice cloths,tattoos, piercings, great personality, and facial expression.The American culture may seem pretty simple but it is full of suprises.

Most of the Mayan believes are far from The American’s. The Mayan believe in many gods but the superior god was the corn god. The corn god was believed to be in control of all of the elements and the sun. The Mayan believe that if they do not make blood sacrifice or death then the sun would not come up
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Both cultures study space and all that is in it. These two cultures mostly study astrology and astrometry. The Mayans didn’t have NASA but they would study the patterns in the sky. The mayans mostly studied venus and it’s orbits. Both cultures would write and record important historical events. The Mayan didn’t have the A,B,C, s but they did have inscriptions on rocks. The mayan wrote with symbols not letters but the system is more complex than it sounds. The Mayans and Americans beauty standards are different but both religions believe in tattoos and piercings. These cultures are in many ways similar and affect each other

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