Incense burners fashioned of clay are used to transport the burning coals to the necessary sacred locations. The incense or putzee is produced from the sap of the copal tree. When burned the odor and smoke of the copal transports prayers to the deities. Candles or Catilas are believed to embody the sacred gift of light from the Sun and Fire Gods. They signify an illumination of the human spirit.
Caves are sacred ceremonies sites utilized by the shamans.
Secreted from the outer world, with only their animal allies as witness, the shaman communicates with the mystic realm.