Mayans' do not claim the end of the world. According to them, their calender resets in 2012. This has been hijacked by some western agents with agenda and started a big propaganda, and most of the propaganda happens in the west. Looks like something is planned for that event and, of course, they will blame Mayan "pseudo-science" and its civilization for the false propaganda.
[url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6300744/2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-Mayan-elder-insists.html"]2012 is not the end of the world, Mayan elder insists[/url]
[url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6300744/2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-Mayan-elder-insists.html"]2012 is not the end of the world, Mayan elder insists[/url]