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The Olmec's Multiple Beliefs Of Religion

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The Olmec of Mexico had multiple beliefs of religion. They built big stone temples that had walkaways through the middle of it and everyone in the village went to this temple to either trade or pray. The temple will be located near our stone heads and will be in the middle of our display, this part is important because the olmec were a very religious tribe. They made stone statues of god heads, they usually looked like cubes. These stone carvings were very important to their religion because they believed in multiple gods, these statues will be located in the middle of our display. The olmec had religious leaders called shaman. A shaman will be in the middle of our display in front of the temple. The shaman lead all the praying in

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