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Collecting Renewable Wood Fuel

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As requested by many of you here and on Facebook’s AntiguaDailyPhoto fan page, here’s a vista of the real life in the villages of Antigua Guatemala. Simple, two women collecting renewable wood fuel. Renewable, I hear you asking already, right? Yes, this wood are the prunings of the gravilea trees, the shadow trees for the … Read more

Funding Your Travels By Selling Muffins

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I encountered these two Argentines who were walking around town selling muffins, Argentine style of course, to fund their travels. Where’s a will there’s a way, don’t you agree? By the way, here you notice an interesting situation, a Maya vendor buying from foreigners and not the other way around. Follow the white rabbit to … Read more

Welcome to Mennonite Country

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Welcome to Mennonite Country © Rudy Giron

Yes, Guatemala is becoming a magnet destination for all kinds of religious groups. I believe this is the second time I spotlight the Mennonites in Antigua Guatemala, Portrait of a Mennonite in Antigua Guatemala was the first post nearly two years ago. I have also shared with you pictures of Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Protestants, and … Read more

Making Handicrafts at Antigua Guatemala’s Parque Central

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This is yet another popular vista at Parque Central, artisans making handicrafts to sell on the spot or on Calle del Arco. Often the artisans are Maya women, but sometimes you can also find artisans from all over the world as in this case. These women were so focus in building their necklaces and jewellery … Read more

Guatemalan Catholic Women

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You talkin’ to me? No. Honest I am not talking to you… I believe that Antigua Guatemala and the surrounding villages are among the top catholic communities in Guatemala, a country largely divided between all sort of protestant denominations, evangelicals we call them here, catholic and Mayan religions. So it comes as no surprise to … Read more

International Women’s Day in Guatemala

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I share with you what my friend and colleague Willy expressed about the International Women’s Day: Willy: ¿Hoy es día de la mujer? ¿Otra vez? ¡Todos los días son días de la mujer! Los hombres nos rendimos ante ustedes a diario, libramos guerras, perdemos amigos, hacemos locuras por ustedes las mujeres… Todos los días son … Read more

Holy Week Generations

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Slowly, but surely the love, devotion and passion for the world famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala are being passed on to the new generations. I am glad to know that there will be Semana Santa in La Antigua Guatemala for another 500 years. I believe that Semana Santa is so much more than a … Read more

Stop Violence Against Women in Guatemala

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Many Guatemalans might regard thrillers and serial killers films as light and interested pieces of fiction because we are confronted with ultra violent headlines in newspapers like Nuestro Diario and Al Día, sensationalist rags that, like mirrors, show us every day how savage we can be. Ironically, Nuestro Diario boasts the largest circulation of any … Read more

Stop Violence Against Women the World Over

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Se empieza cediendo con las palabras. —Esperanza, mi novia We begin to yield with words. —Esperanza, my girlfriend Psychology 101: we begin the desensitization process the moment we incorporate into our daily vocabulary words and comments, jokes or phrases that belittle women; even if the remarks or phrases seemed insignificant. The same applies for the … Read more

New Paint Job for Episcopal Palace

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The adjacent building to the right of Cathedral of La Antigua Guatemala goes by the name of Palacio Episcopal (Episcopal Palace). This time even this palace will get a new facelift just in time for the Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Guatemala. Now the above photo seems quite frankly ordinary, but there is an very … Read more

The Tiny Story of Discrimination, Arrogance and Patronizing in La Antigua Guatemala

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Just doing my job, you know!

ACT 1:
So there I was, consumed by own thoughts, after having had a few moments at the Benches at the Museo del Libro Antiguo pondering the big tough questions in life, walking back to the office and I glanced over to my right and saw the wonderful light bathing the La Antigua Guatemala Cathedral (oh, life is beautiful and full of these tiny moments, I said to myself). A few more steps and I immediately saw a photo opportunity as there was a Guatemalan military chicken bus parked right in front of the Cathedral. See exhibit 1 below (first photo from the left).

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Arch-framed Women in Jocotenango

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This is very simple image will allow us to play a creative game. Taking the two women as our characters we will write up one of many conceivable dialogues as the interaction between them. This would be similar to what we did in Opposite Ends of Life #2, which you should look at and read to get an idea. The apparent age difference could be used to set the pair as mother and daughter or sisters or simply co-workers of the newly opened Subway; it is up to you. I will submit the first plausible dialogue.