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Posts Tagged ‘juegos pirotécnicos’

Antigua’s New Year Celebrations Slide Show

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Who said New York is the only city that never sleeps?

The New Year celebrations is one of the occasions in which Antigua Guatemala does not sleep! I didn’t get much opportunity to take many photographs of the crowds, as it was indeed crowded. It was fun, activities all over, lights all over, people all over, every one having a great time, even the sky (check out the moon while the sun was rising).

Enjoy the starting of the New Year!

text and photos by Arturo Godoy

Tags: año nuevo, Calle del Arco, celebraciones año nuevo, fireworks, juegos pirotécnicos, new year, new year celebrations
Posted in Calle del Arco, Ephemerides, Guest Collaborations, La Antigua Guatemala, Night Photography, Slideshows | 5 Comments »

Everyone Burns Firecrackers in Guatemala for Christmas

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Christmas Day is a very quiet and easy-going day in Guatemala. But, it does not begins like that. On the contrary, right at midnight and for what seems like forever, Guatemalans burn firecrackers, fire whistlers, fireworks and every kind of pyrotechnic stuff; the list is long. This pyromaniac act repeats again at noon and at 6 p.m.; other than that, it is a quiet day.

As a matter of fact, let’s compile a list of all the cohetes, canchinflines, estrellitas, volcancitos, ametralladoras, et-cetera and their English translations to have an idea how pyromaniac Guatemalans really are. Everyone is invited to participate.

Tags: Christmas, cohetes, firecrackers, fireworks, juegos pirotécnicos, navidad
Posted in Christmas, Series | 14 Comments »

Random Feedback

I want to say how much I appreciate your blog! I lived in Guatemala for a year (in 2007) and I miss it a lot. My husband and I lived about an hour from Puerto Barrios and there was not much to do in the town we spent the majority of our time in. Every time we had a chance to get to Antigua, we were there! It really became our hometown in Guatemala. Once in a while, when I’m really wishing I could be there again, I find my way back to your blog and spend an hour or so looking through posts and feeling very nostalgic. It’s nice to be able to have a little insight into what’s currently going on in Antigua and around Guatemala. So, thanks! —Sarah Hiltz