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- noun the
Mayan calendar of 260 days
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Examples
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The Mayans used three coordinated calendars: long count, haab and tzolkin.
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To cure them requires becoming a daykeeper, one who burns incense and offers prayers at shrines on designated days of the tzolkin, the 260-day sacred calendar.
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Another Mayan calendrical term to be found in the MW3 is tzolkin ` a period of 260 days. '
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