Guatemalan syncretism knows no limits!

Rudy Giron: Antigua Guatemala &emdash; Guatemalan Devils in San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala

When it comes to popular religious celebrations Guatemalan syncretism knows no limits. Watch these short video clips that include diablos, devils, moros y cristianos, moors and christians, beauty pageants, pre-Columbian monos and toritos, monkeys and bulls, school parade uniforms, animated/cartoon characters of a convite charade, and live marimba music. How about that for religious syncretism?

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