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The brand piled onto the discourse with a 15-second teaser spot dropped yesterday in which Rudolph announces the rebranding, saying: “Since we all love M&M's - and let's face it, me - it only makes sense that I am renaming America's favorite chocolate candies 'Ma&Ya's.” The candy will not only bear her name but also ...

12 Super Bowl, with an ad where new spokesperson Maya Rudolph pretended to announce a switch from the regular M&Ms chocolate candies to Ma&Yas clam candies. Yeah, don't worry, the candy bites won't be replaced with stinky seafood treats anytime soon.

Maya originally denoted the magic power with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion. By extension, it later came to mean the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real.

The Maya had a polytheistic religion, which means they worshipped many gods, including Itzam Na (Creator God), Kinich Ahau (Sun God), Ah Puch (one of several death gods), and Buluc Chabtan (War God). They practiced animism, which is the belief that all things, including inanimate objects, had a soul.

The candy brand announced that Maya Rudolph would replace its promotional cartoon characters, which have been the focus of a partisan backlash. A controversy erupted when M&M's made changes to its roster of characters and to the shoes they wear.

On Jan. 24, Mars, Incorporated - the company that owns the M&M's brand - told the world that their iconic mascots would be replaced by comedian Maya Rudolph. The company said it was due to criticism of the brand getting “too political,” thanks to their controversial makeovers of the mascots last year.

Maya , Group of Mesoamerican Indians who between ad 250 and 900 developed one of the Western Hemisphere's greatest civilizations. By ad 200 they had developed cities containing palaces, temples, plazas, and ball courts.

Rich animation functionality makes this software ideal for animation artists. Maya's specialty is its focus on creating and maintaining professional, market-oriented products. The Maya package is actively used by game studios to create their titles, as well as by filmmakers to introduce ultra-realistic CGI into films.

They practiced a belief system called animism. Animism is the belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence, or soul. For the Maya, all things - animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork and perhaps even words - were alive.

List of Mayan Gods & Goddesses

After weeks of speculation following M&M's putting its mascots on an “indefinite pause” due to their “polarizing” nature, the colorful characters have returned as the brand's official spokescandies.