Small Procession in San Pedro Las Huertas
Processions are majestic, huge and long in La Antigua Guatemala. You can browse the Processions category to get an idea of the size of the processions in La Antigua Guatemala. There are smaller and more humble processions in the villages and small communities surrounding La Antigua Guatemala. This year, I will try to focus more in the Holy Week celebrations and processions in the villages where you can still observe the fervor, regardless of the size, for all these Catholic rituals. The photo above was taken in the village of San Pedro Las Huertas, while the procession made a pit stop or parada as they are known in Spanish. Well, I think that is the name, maybe somebody more knowledgeable in Catholic rituals can provide the actual name for the stops the processions make every so often at specific spots.
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February 13th, 2008
I think the photos of the Holy Weeks activity are my favorite things of all on ATDP, although I love it all. Keep up the good work!
February 13th, 2008
You mentioned in a recent reply to one of my comments that you take pictures so that we feel “like being there”… pues mission accomplished. Moreover, this is not just a travel in space, but also in time. This picture could’ve been taken at any time during the previous century. Simply amazing.
February 13th, 2008
esta foto esta bien bonita - bien podria ser una pintura. Gracias Rudy.
February 14th, 2008
Great photo angle — you captured a moving scene. Not being Catholic, these are strange to me — but you captured the honesty of the moment.
February 16th, 2008
Pues gracias por sacar y compartir con nosotros esta foto tan bonita. Me trae recuerdos muy buenos ya que he viajado a Antigua unas veces y tengo amigos en San Pedro de la Huertas. Lo triste es en vez de estar con ellos ahorita me encuentro aqui, atrapado en el Norte congelado.
February 21st, 2008
I think you should get a procession along with the video games-it may be an interesting juxtaposition. I was surprised to see the video games there on my last visit!
February 29th, 2008
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June 5th, 2008
YO conozco a todas las personas que estan en esta foto, muchas gracias Rudy por publicar estas estampas, me hacen sentir muy bien saber que en mi aldea hay costumbres tan bonitas que hacen grandes a nuestra querida Guatemala… adelante y felicitaciones
Armando Garcia