Month: May 2008

Traditional Guatemalan Musical Instruments

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In the photo above you can observe several percussion traditional Guatemalan musical instruments like chinchines (the black rattles made from gourds, seeds and other objects), tortuga (turtle shell), shellfish shell, drum, sonajas (rattles) and the omnipresent marimba (which you saw yesterday). Guatemala has a rich assortment of traditional musical instruments which are used in the … Read more

2nd Year Anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

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Day one of year three. Are you ready for the new tour of 365 days around La Antigua Guatemala? If you do please, bring your pasaje en mano, dónde caben tres caben más. Every time humans arrive at a milestone, we tend to review what we have traveled thus far. Two years of consecutive blogging … Read more