Lent Vistas — Dolorosas

Rudy Giron: Antigua Guatemala &emdash; Hermanas cargadores Jocotenango

Lent and Holy Week are an equal opportunity events where everyone gets a chance to participate and carry the floats. Hermanas cargadoras, sometimes referred to as Dolorosas, children and Cucuruchos, or hermanos cargadores, of course. But Also the Roman soldier get a chance to carry the float or anda as it is called here.

In the picture above we see the hermanas cargadoras carrying the float of Virgen de Dolores “Dulce Madre de Jocotenango.”

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