These dances take one day, namely, Moro Dance, Cortez Dance, Monkey Dance, and Deer Dance. All these dances mimic life. It shows the comic and the serious part of life. These dances reinforce their superstitious beliefs and their attitude to the afterlife. The Mayas embrace the reality of death.
Elders prepare for death, and families always take care of the elderly until death.
They regard the land as sacred. The land is a mother. We are born of the earth and we return to the earth. The earth is also the mother of law. The earth gives life and takes life away.