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One of the best representatives of the jazz in Central America, Editus, had a show tonight in Finca Filadelfia on International Jazz Day. Even though I had tickets, I was not able to attend the live concert because I suffered a foot injury yesterday. However, I was able to give the tickets away to friends.
The picture above was sent to me on real time by Nelo Mijangos. The live video broadcast below was sent to me by another friend, Sofía Monzón, via the LiveInFest channel on Youtube. I have Sofía on my list of dramatic portrait and as soon as I get a chance I will share with you more about the work that she does.
Fast-forward the video to 1:02:30 to skip the opening act Lenin Fernández, one of the members of Alux Nahual, Guatemala’s rock band from the 80′s and now; otherwise, watch the entire show.
Lo mejor del Jazz centroamericano, Editus, una de las bandas más representativas de este género, en La Antigua Guatemala, una de las ciudades coloniales mas bellas de esta región. No te pierdas este super concierto, estamos seguros, tendras una gran experiencia audiovisual.
Aside: Tomorrow, on May 1st, AntiguaDailyPhoto will be celebrating 7 years of daily multimedia updates. Let’s have a cake, yes?
With this gallery of Semana Santa photos from Antigua Guatemala, Nelo Mijangos shares with us an overview of the many vistas one can expect while following a procession in Antigua Guatemala. For instance, the picture above gives us an idea of the length of the float and how many cucuruchos carry it. Below, we can see that cucuruchos come together in all ages to express their devotion; we get to look at the different figures on top of the floats inside the churches as well as outside; further, we see the different costumes wore during the enactment of the crucifixion, including the Romans with their torches; we get to see the huge crowds as well as the all the people working together to create the world-famous Holy Week alfombras (carpets) from Antigua Guatemala.
In my opinion, Nelo has done an outstanding job bringing to us all the haunting and awe-inspiring imagery of the world-famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala, don’t you agree?
These photographs belong to the procession of Santuario de San Francisco El Grande. Nelo explains that the two wood rods that stick out at the front of the float, andarilla he calls it, are called timonen (steering) and are the responsible for the rhythm and direction of the procession.
If you have any questions about the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala, please, leave them in the comments!
The procession of the fifth Sunday of Lent is quite possibly one of the largest processions in Antigua Guatemala. People just refer to it as the procession of San Bartolo, short for San Bartolomé Becerra. This procession leaves the church around 7 am and comes back 18 hours later, sometime between midnight and 1 am. For this procession Nelo Mijangos walked 39.4 kilometres or 24.48 miles; that’s nearly a marathon. Also, Nelo took 1,233 photos along the route of the procession of San Bartolo. By the way, the picture above is right before the procession enters the church again after nearly 18 hours at 12:33 am. You can see that even after so many hours there are still plenty of people accompanying the processional float.
By the end of the 4th Sunday procession which comes out of the village of Santa Ana, Nelo Mijangos had already walked 93,2 kms or 57.91 miles on four consecutive Sundays of Lent. For this procession, Nelo decided to show us a detail of the lit float taken at night. Yes, in case you didn’t realise it, this procession thing is all day and night affair. Nelo mentioned that he took 698 photos during along the route of the procession of Santa Ana.
Okay guys if you have any questions for Nelo Mijangos, leave them on the comments and I will get the answers for you and share them here. Shoot your questions pues!
The third of Sunday of Lent is the turn for the church of Jocotenango to put the best procession possible and believe, they do. For this Sunday’s procession, Nelo Mijangos took 925 photos and walked for 21.6 kms or 13.4 miles for those live in the cocoon known as the United States.
How do you like the eeries of Lend Sunday procession thus far? Do you know from where is the next procession?
The second Sunday of Lent is the turn for the village of Santa Inés del Monte Pulciano. It is at this processional float when many cucuruchos from Guatemala City make their first appearance. For this procession, Nelo Mijangos took 752 photos and “only” walked 19.4 kilometers or 12 miles. You can see his route on the map below.
Do you know where is located the village of Santa Inés del Monte Pulciano?
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