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Marimba Chicken Bus and Church of San Pedro ~ 2007-11-25

Posted in Atriums & Churches, Music, Vehicles by Rudy Girón at 11:11 pm.
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Marimba Chicken Bus and Church of San Pedro

Well, well, what we have here… what’s up with that, why are Guatemalans so enchanted with the infamous chicken bus. I mean what makes Guatemalans take on the crappy junk and retired school buses from up north and give them a second life as public transit chicken bus, mobile libraries chicken bus and now as a marimba orquesta mobile unit chicken bus.

Now this is too much! Come on, who came up with the bright idea of mixing the chicken bus and the marimba orquesta. If hell existed, this would be it. ;-)

By the way, chicken bus is the derogatory term used in many guides to refer to the rural public transportation buses in Guatemala and in many parts of Latin America. The marimba (pronunciation) has to be Guatemala’s most popular musical instrument.

If you don’t know what marimba music sound like, I leave you with a sample of it with Tristezas quetzaltecas below. You can also check out the entry Marimba Music at Calle del Arco in Antigua for more background information and two more marimba music songs.

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  1. ioanna responds:

    I love these old buses!

    Response - November 26, 2007 : 2:15 am

  2. Lessie responds:

    Great photo. Love the color juxaposition. And thanks for the link to Daniel Chang in the other entry. Love his site.

    Response - November 26, 2007 : 11:55 am

  3. Manolo responds:

    So now I know what is the name of that “pieza de marimba”… what memories… I can almost feel the pine needles under my feet and the smell of “tamales” coming from my great-grandmother’s (QEPD) kitchen in zona 8 of La Nueva.

    Response - November 26, 2007 : 8:43 pm

  4. Marimba Orquesta Chicken Bus Ave Lira | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo responds:

    [...] Manolo said, with Marimba music as the background for many parties and celebrations around La Antigua Guatemala [...]

    Pingback - November 27, 2007 : 12:28 am

  5. Rudy responds:

    Ioanna, don’t we all?

    Lessie, I’m glad at least you followed the links.

    Manolo, man, you bring long forgotten memories with the pine needles and the tamales.

    Response - November 27, 2007 : 12:31 am

  6. Claudia responds:

    OMG, Manolo, pine needles, that’s old school. Hee hee, the only thing is you have to be careful those things can be slippery. But you’re right – tamales, the smell of polvora, the heat of the ponche, and then the too-tight hugs from the neighbors, if you know what I mean.

    Response - November 27, 2007 : 8:03 pm

  7. Manolo responds:

    Claudia I prefer “retro” to “old school”… as my sister just called me yesterday for using “tuanis”… Ah, and there is no such thing as “too-tight hugs” ;-)
    I forgot about the smell of “pólvora”… which reminds me that “La Quema del Diablo” is coming soon…

    Response - November 28, 2007 : 8:39 pm

  8. Poinsettias and Pine Needle are Christmas Decorations in Guatemala | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo responds:

    [...] Manolo and Carmen were reminiscing just the other day about the smells associated with the Christmas season in Guatemala. Pine needles have a very peculiar smell and indeed its smell its burnt in the Guatemalan collective memory of Christmas and birthdays parties. Flor de Pascua or poinsettias are a visual cue of the upcoming Christmas as well. Shops know this and they use pine needle and poinsettias among other Christmas decorations to reel in the customers; it seems to be working just fine in this shop. [...]

    Pingback - December 1, 2007 : 11:56 pm

  9. Façade of Church of San Pedro | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo responds:

    [...] which is the church for the Las Obras del Hermano Pedro Hospital. Well, if you go back in time to November 25th, 2007 and look at the same façade in the background of Marimba Chicken Bus and Church of San Pedro, you [...]

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