Earrings sampler

This is a sampler of some of the earrings that can be found at in the handicraft markets around Antigua. Click in the photo above to get a larger image. Which earrings do you like? I take orders… 😉 Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / folk-art and handicrafts

Baroque Columns at El Carmen Ruins

The El Carmen Ruins show cases some of the most baroque-style architecture. Here you can see the details of the columns. Outside these ruins, on the streets, is where the handicraft and textiles market is located on the weekend; you can see the market and the ruins in context on the Selling Folk-ar on the … Read more

New Year’s Celebration in Antigua

New Year’s Celebration in Guatemala is very similar to Christmas Eve. People stay up all night to receive the new year, but unlike Christmas which is a family-centered celebration, people are free to receive the New Year anywhere. Some people go to the beach and many more come to Antigua to celebrate the birth of … Read more