Month: March 2012

Edgar Dorantes Quartet at the 12 Festival Internacional de Jazz in Antigua Guatemala

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As in previous years, once again I had the opportunity to attend one of the jazz recitals of the 12th International Jazz Festival at the Compañía de Jesús atrium. The Edgar Dorantes Quartet from Xalapa, Veracruz ignited the chilly night with a wonderful performance, a mixture of tried-and-tested classic pieces, latin jazz pieces and original … Read more

Typical Guatemalan Breakfast Booth

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Everywhere in Guatemala you can find breakfast stalls similar to one shown above where the working class and anybody’s hungry can stop by to get an orange juice or licuado (smoothies) and a pan con pollo (chicken sandwich), or pan with you name it, chiles rellenos, guacamol, frijoles (beans), et cetera. The bread used to … Read more

Fresh Bread Is Baked Twice Daily

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Some of you might recall that fresh tortillas are available three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, fresh bread is baked twice a day for breakfast and dinner. Tortillas or bread baked in the morning is considered old by noon. Of course, because these tortillas and bread are prepared so often and … Read more

Processional Float Turn Markings

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This markings on the streets and sidewalks signal the beginning or end of the different turns of processional floats (andas) which cucuruchos (carriers) are allowed to carry before new carriers take over. Cucuruchos pay for as many turns as they can afford or the amount of penitence they feel they should exercise to the Hermandades … Read more

Catholic Churches

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Catholic churches were usually built around the main plaza of each town, normally taken the east quadrant of the plazas. There are not as many catholic churches as there are protestant churches, but they tend to be much bigger and older and built at the best possible locations. The church of San Pedro Las Huertas … 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

Antigüeños contra la delincuencia

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Antigüeños Contra la Delincuencia by Leonel -Nelo- Mijangos

Los antigüeños ya estamos cansados de tantos hechos delictivos que están pasando en nuestra amada ciudad mientras tanto las autoridades no se les ve nada. Éste es un espacio dedicado a promover la seguridad en nuestra querida Antigua Guatemala. Antigüeños contra la delincuencia, Antigua Against Crime¹, is a peaceful movement promoting a crime awareness campaign … Read more

Coffee Plantation Are Becoming Private Gated Communities

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This photograph was taken at one of the newest gated residential developments within the San Pedro Las Huertas, one of the villages of La Antigua Guatemala. Slowly but surely, fincas cafetaleras, coffee plantations, are becoming gated residential communities. Well, maybe not so slow. In ten years I have seen many new gated residential communities pop … Read more

Façade of Iglesia de San Miguel Escobar

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Yellow and white have to be the most often used colors in churches in and around La Antigua Guatemala. Above we can see the proportion of the façade of San Miguel Escobar church compared to the people and mutt. In my humble opinion, the carefree dog makes the photograph so much interesting, what do you … Read more

Antigua Florida: Bougainvillea Flowers Everywhere

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Bougainvillea Flowers Everywhere by Rudy Girón

The slogan of Antigua Guatemala is “La ciudad de las perpetual rosas” which translate as “the city of the perpetual roses” more or less. However, I believe that bougainvillea flowers are found more often in gardens, above walls, on river banks, in coffee plantations, in the cemetery, et cetera. Literally, bougainvillea flowers are everywhere all … Read more