ACTIVITY7_INGLES - Vanesa López Velasco (1)

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__F__ Superstitions are based	 on science.
__T__ Many superstitions are based on religion.
__T__ Knocking on wood comes from the belief that touching a tree would bring the blessing from the spirit that lives within.
__F__ All superstitions are religious.
__T__ For many people superstitions are based on culture rather than on unconscious beliefs.
MAYAN CULTURE
The Mayan culture is considered one of the most powerful in Central America, it spread through various territories for more than 3000 years and left great contributions for today's humanity. This culture is rich in traditions and has an extensive cultural branch. Some superstitions that this culture had is that they believed that if you eat from the pan or pot on your wedding day it will not stop raining, in this culture many of the superstitions are usually related to marriage, love, death, etc. Older people were convinced that gastronomy had a direct influence on people's love lives. Another popular superstition is that, if you change your place or your chair during mealtime, something will happen on the day of your funeral, people were scared all the time so as not to forget that changing places was not good. When they began to analyze superstitions, people began to stop believing deeply in them. As a tradition, people used to do rituals and sacrifices through people's lives. In addition to that they used to carry out traditional ceremonies, festivals, and parties where they generally honored death and life, but commonly love. People were very easy to convince and not analyze if the superstitions were real. They could not analyze the situation, so they had to stick to the beliefs and customs of the ancestors.