Much of present day Lacandon ritual is similar to the religious practices of the sixteenth century Yucatecan Maya, although they lack the elaborate paraphernalia and esoteric knowledge of the priests in the Yucatan at the time of the conquest.
Lacandon rituals are materially simple and informal.
What ritual equipment they have corresponds to pre conquest times. The yatoch k'un, god house, is built in a clearing apart from the village and serves as a ritual meeting place where the religious paraphernalia is kept. It is a traditional thatched, open structure like the houses of the gods. Set on the east side of the god house is the balch chem in which the sacramental beverage balch is brewed. Here is the meeting place between gods and humans, where the gods will sit in your presence, partake of your offerings and listen to your prayers.