Violet or Purple bands mark the Lent Season
During the Lent period (Cuaresma in Spanish) many houses and businesses are decorated with purple or violet strips of textiles and bands as the one above seen at the Santo Domingo Hotel.
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March 6th, 2007
Beautiful, and so traditional. I thought it was for a funeral (which in a way it is… originally)
Cuaresma (careme in French) doesn’t apply here in Australia - they only kept the Mardi Gras, and in a very un-religious way (see my post a couple of days ago!!!)
March 6th, 2007
The doorway in your photo is framed beautifully with the top greenery and pink blossoms!
March 6th, 2007
That photograph makes me feel sentimental — reminding me of my childhood church that decorated in purple as well. (My current church is more of the modern flair and hasn’t mentioned Lent at all. Kind of sad.) So the pic encourages me to stop and think about Lent and its meaning. Thank you!
March 6th, 2007
Rudy:
Hablando de hoteles 5 estrellas, ahora que veo la entrada del Santo Domingo, me pregunté ¿que hará el susodicho hotel para evitar la construcción de otro 5 estrellas en los terrenos de la otrora Fabrica de Hilados Hunapú, ese gran lote baldío entre las ruinas de Candelaria y la Colonia Hunapú?
Derrepente nos avenas unas fotos del area para ver el “progreso” de la Antigua.
Saludos desde La Mirada.
-edgar
PD
Por cierto, en la sección de parques, no has incluído el parquecito de arriba de la Colonia Candelaria…relativamente nuevo, pero está chilero.
March 7th, 2007
another lovely door way for me to see, also the flowers are lovely. everything is still brown and gray here but april brings rebirth for us.
March 7th, 2007
Ah, I have been here too, and loved the beautiful hotel, museums, and was very interested in all of the preservation on the site. I hope to return to Antigua in a couple of years and revisit all of these sites.
March 8th, 2007
Nathalie: The same can be said about the U.S., where most people do not even celebrate the Holy Week, which is simply call the Spring Break. I believe in many parts of the world, religious traditions are being phased out.
Kate: I guess I’ve done another doorway without realizing it.
Lessie: I am glad you shared your feeling about Lent.
Edgar: La pregunta tal vez debería ser ¿qué cosas no hará para evitar la construcción de otro hotel 5 estrellas? Gracias por las recomendaciones del nuevo parquecito… lo iré a buscar.
Patsy: At least you can travel to Central America for a peek at the ever-present Spring and its blossoms.
Jerry: Two years? come on, you live in East Texas, not in the Fiji Islands. You could probably drive here on a long weekend.
March 25th, 2007
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March 26th, 2007
[...] in March 6th I showed to you the entry doorway of Hotel Santo Domingo (Holy Sunday, by the way) with violet banners adorning the crown of the door passage and as a mark of the Lent season. Well [...]
January 23rd, 2008
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January 24th, 2008
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January 25th, 2008
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January 27th, 2008
[...] the photo exhibit looked like inside the Sala Marco Augusto Quiroa of Paseo de los Museos in the Hotel-Museo Casa Santo Domingo in La Antigua [...]
February 11th, 2008
[...] did you know that last Wednesday, February 6th, was Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of Lent or Cuaresma as it’s known in La Antigua [...]