{"id":51408,"date":"2009-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/an-evening-with-the-maya\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:24:12","slug":"an-evening-with-the-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/an-evening-with-the-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"An evening with the Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you have always wanted to learn more about the Mayan culture, an evening trip to Dos Palmas, a tiny Riviera Maya community six miles from Tulum, may be the answer.<br \/>\nThe Dos Palmas visit is part of a sustainable development project to create an additional source of income for Mayan communities and combat migration. In turn, visitors learn about the timeless traditions of a proud people and their profound respect for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The evening begins with the community leader welcoming visitors to Kaakulshan as it is known in Maya. As darkness falls and the jungle is full of the sounds o<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p>f nocturnal creatures, visitors make their way to the temascal or pre-Hispanic sweat lodge for a purification ritual. A Mayan priest blesses them and they feel a tremendous sensation of peace. With the chants and the smell of copal incense, the flickering candles and a Mayan night sky lit by moonlight, this is an unforgettable experience.<br \/>\nAfter the ritual, visitors stroll through the jungle to a cenote and spend the rest of the evening with local families. A traditional meal of achiote-marinated chicken, beans and handmade tortillas is served in a thatched Mayan home.<\/p>\n<p>The Dos Palmas trip is available through Thomas Moore Travel, the Royal Resorts in-house travel agency, for more details contact <a href=\"mailto:tourdesk@royalresorts.com\">tourdesk@royalresorts.com<\/a> or call <strong>1-800-791-4496<\/strong> (US &amp; Canada) or (+52 998) <strong>885-0266<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">zp8497586rq<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - 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