For the Mayans under water there was indeed an underwater population, populated with demons and servants of these demons: the twelve Gods of death or Lords of death. It is for this reason that the cenotes were for decades a source of offerings and punishments and today they continue to be the subject of archaeological research of great interest to decipher the complex pre-classic system from fossil remains.
The dying person was cared for by their relatives at home. Cuando fallecía eran los más cercanos los que en el velatorio realizaban el P'O'Keban. They very carefully cleaned the body without touching the sexual areas with a damp cloth.. With that water, according to the economic means of the family, a chocolate was made, the wealthiest, and those with less resources a well
"Suele pasar. The world tends to explode on the horizon. At that time it was burned the day, when the sun explodes, resisting nightfall. At that moment the traveler feels complicit landscape, the road can wait. "
Happened on Bocas Dzilam, north of the Yucatan Peninsula, in a place that is neither coast, or forest, or mangrove, but has a bit of everything, as if the chaos outside its natural state.