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A church where people give alcohol and cigarettes to Saint Simon
Zunil church is a lovely Catholic church, where the people of the city, which is mostly Mayan, accommodates their beliefs. For example San Simon, who is the saint of the church, would reside in this temple. But families do not cease to be so, even with the supplications of the Catholic Church, and the saint spent a year with each family in the town, on a rotating basis. San Simon is a representation of a Mayan god. The Mayans constructed it after the Conquest and placed it in the church, giving an acceptable name. People will visit give cigarettes, alcohol ... they put a cigarette in its mouth.
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