The woman climbed the steps of the famous pyramid of El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan), disregarding the relative ban and started dancing and posing for pictures
A tourist in Mexico was nearly lynched by a mob who had the bright idea to go up and dance in a sacred and forbidden Mayan temple.
The incident occurred at the Chichen Itza archaeological site in Yucatan, Mexico. The woman climbed the steps of the famous pyramid of El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan), disregarding the relative prohibition, and began to dance and pose for photographs.
The crowd was enraged at the woman’s disrespect for both the monument and the sanctity of the site for Mexicans. In fact, they started calling the police to arrest her while – when the woman came down from the pyramid – some went so far as to attack her, throwing water bottles at her and pulling her hair.
Female tourist sparks fury and is pelted with water bottles after goading a crowd of angry locals when she scaled an ancient Mayan temple in Mexico. https://t.co/vzim9dMJ11
— ELLIOT IN THE MORNING (@EITMonline) November 22, 2022
A user uploaded videos of the incident to social media. In it, the blonde woman is seen dancing at the top of the stairs in rhythm to the voices of people shouting “prison, prison” while a guard moves towards her, to take her away.
The video has more than 4.3 million views and thousands of critical comments.
“This is so disrespectful… don’t mess with Mexicans,” one comment said, while another user wrote: “There are human remains in there. It’s like dancing on a grave.”
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