John
Cusack-Amanda
Peet
starrer
Hollywood
movie
2012,
which
is
set
for
the
worldwide
release
on
November
13,
has
created
lot
of
curiosity
as
well
as
disappointment
among
the
people.
Directed
by
Roland
Emmerich,
the
film
explores
the
idea
of
a
global
doomsday
event
that
coincides
with
the
end
of
the
Mayan
Calendar
on
December
21,
2012.
Now,
the
biggest
question
before
academics
and
scientists
whether
2012
is
the
end
of
the
world
or
it
is
a
publicity
stunt
by
film-makers
of
2012.
Several
scholars
have
claimed
it
that
the
Mayans
did
not
predict
the
end.
Traditional
spiritual
healer
Carrera
denies
2012
is
the
end
of
the
world
as
per
Mayan.
Instead
Carrera
sees
this
year
as
a
very
beneficial
period
in
human
history.
It
is
a
time
of
rebirth
as
the
calendar
clicks
over
and
starts
again.
He
says,
"There
will
be
change.
All
the
signs
are
there,
with
the
economy,
the
world
weather,
the
Earth.
It
will
be
a
time
of
rebirth.
Newness.
Not
destruction."
Gyles
Iannone,
Mayanist
and
associate
professor
of
anthropology
at
Trent
University
in
Peterborough,
Ont.,
explains
that
the
Maya
calendar
doesn't
end
on
Dec.
21,
2012.
According
to
him,
the
Mayan
calendar
is
much
more
complex
than
the
calendar
system
we
use
today.
In
a
purely
calendric
aspect,
2012
doesn't
mean
a
thing.
The
cycle
does
not
wind
up
for
another
2,700
years.
He
opines
that
there
is
nothing
to
suggest
anything
about
the
end
of
the
world.
The
big-budget
disaster
movie
2012
is
riding
a
wave
of
studio
publicity.
People
are
taking
the
date
as
the
day
for
downfall
of
civilization.
Finally
he
says,
“it's
is
a
movie,
let's
not
forget
that
fact."