We were with a group of people touring Chichen Itza. The crowd stopped in front of the Pyramid of Kukulcan and the guide talked for a while. Suddenly everyone started clapping. Then they paused, gasped, oohed and ahhhed and looked at each other. Jaime and I thought they looked pretty silly and started discretely laughing at them. It wasn't until later I asked one of the tourists, "What was that back there?" She replied that the ancients would clap and hear the echo off the pyramid. They believed it was the Gods speaking to them through the sounds of a bird. OH! That's what intrigued everyone.
In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities. (April 2003. L. Tom Perry. The Importance of the Family.)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Bird Call
We were with a group of people touring Chichen Itza. The crowd stopped in front of the Pyramid of Kukulcan and the guide talked for a while. Suddenly everyone started clapping. Then they paused, gasped, oohed and ahhhed and looked at each other. Jaime and I thought they looked pretty silly and started discretely laughing at them. It wasn't until later I asked one of the tourists, "What was that back there?" She replied that the ancients would clap and hear the echo off the pyramid. They believed it was the Gods speaking to them through the sounds of a bird. OH! That's what intrigued everyone.
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