Mayan people believe that the year 2012 is the beginning of a new age when some blessed people will appear:

Mayan people belive that thedate December 21st, 2012, which is the end
of the Mayan calendar system madeup of periods of thousands ofyears,
refers to the end of a long age.
According to the Mayan calendar the world enters a new age every 1
million 872 thousand days. The history ofthe world consists of periods
of nearly 5125 years and the end of each one of these periods mark
radical changesand great renovations.
According to the Mayan people, the period in which we live is the
fifth and the last period and it will come to an end on the date
13.0.0.0.0. According to the Gregorian calendar, this date is 21
December 2012.
According to the Calendar of the Maya, the date of December 22nd 2012
would be represented by what are named: 13 Baktun, 0 Katun, 0Tun, 0
Uinal, and 0 Kin. On their calendar a total of 1,872,000 days will
have elapsed since the beginning of the Maya Era, and this date will
mark the new beginningof the New Era.
For this reason, Mayan peoplethink that December 21st, 2012 is not
only the end of a particular period. They believe that this date is
the beginning of a new period during which some wise, blessed people
will appear and bring a Golden Age to the world.
The Stella (stone structure) depicting that the date December 21st,
2012 is the time when an age will end and a new one will begin.
A stella was found nearby Nohoch Mul, the second highest pyramid among
the Coba Pyramids of the AncientMayan civilization. This stella
depicts the age that starts on August 11, 3114 BC and ends in December
21st 2012.
It is estimated that this stella is at least 2000 years old, because
settlements in the area where the pyramids of Coba exist have been
dated somewhere between 600 and 900 CE.
Mayan glifs signifying December 22th, 2012
According to the Mayan people the end of the long Mayan Cycle will
bring the end of the age of oppression and violence, and this will
bethe beginning of the "GoldenAge". However this beginning will not be
a peaceful transformation; there will be upheavals in every corner of
the world, many disasters will come upon that will wear-out the
structures of the state. These will not happen in a short while; they
will occur in a long period of time. Again according to the Mayan
people, following all these happenings, "great blessed people", whom
they believe will be the spiritual leaders of all humanity, will come.
Before their coming, there will be spiritual workers whowill prepare
their way. Mayan people believe that the date December 21st, 2012
signifies the time whenthese spiritual workers will gradually increase
their influence.
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