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The H-men or Mayan priest conducts ancient ceremonies, cures ailments and predicts the future. The Maya believe that illnesses are caused by evil spirits and to alleviate the suffering they turn to the H-men who uses ceremonies, offerings and plants with medicinal properties to help them. To make predictions the H-men uses a crystal disc called zaztún (luminous stone) or xunan (wife) because it is his inseparable companion.
Every two years, the H-men undergoes an exorcism called U-Lohol-Ah-Kin to purify himself after contacts with inhabitants of the supernatural world and to be at peace with them.
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