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In the America's with David Yetman
Fiesta in the Yucutan: Maya Traditions
Season 2
Episode 206
Each year on January 6, pilgrims travel to the ancient Maya city of Tizimín in the Yucatán peninsula to celebrate Epiphany. The festival of the Day of the Kings combines pre-Columbian and modern themes, all of them gilded with the touch of the Mayas.
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