Fireworks in the Panchoy Valley for New Year’s Eve
Are you interesting in watching what burning fireworks and firecrackers looks like during New Year’s Eve in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding …
Typical Firecrackers and Fireworks Stand
Even though the end of the year festivities have ended, you can still find many firecrackers and fireworks stands around Antigua Guatemala, …
Christmas Eve Fireworks and Firecrackers in Antigua Guatemala
The burning of fireworks and firecrackers for Christmas Eve is less than for New Year’s Eve, but impressive nonetheless, especially when you …
Christmas Fireworks Street Shop
Guatemala’s a pyromaniac hell or paradise, what is it? Since Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are the perfect night for fireworks …
Fireworks Rockets for Christmas season
Anyone who has spent Christmas and/or New Year in Guatemala can agree Guatemalans are bunch of pyromaniacs. Even Boing Boing editor Xeni …
New Year’s Fireworks Shows in Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala is the preferred destination for Christmas Even and New Year’s Eve celebrations because Antigüeños know how put on a good …
The Guatemalan Economy Index Measured by The Fireworks Burning
Since Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are the perfect night for fireworks and firecrackers lovers with colourful and loud explosions going …
Typical Guatemalan Fireworks Stand
What characteristics or traits can be extrapolated from a culture by looking at a simple kiosk? I’ll start and then you share …
Happy Holidays Wishes from Antigua Daily Photo
The color red is the official color of Nochebuena and Navidad in Guatemala and nothing exemplifies this better than the Pascua plants, poinsettia flowers… TAP to read the entire post and see the full size photo.
Fuente de Las Sirenas Illuminated with Blue Lights
Even the Fuente de las Sirenas received a bath of blue light during the inauguration of the Christmas lights decorations in Antigua …
Inauguration of the Christmas Lights
The Christmas lights that illuminate the Parque Central and Calle del Arco were inaugurated on the night of December 1st with fireworks, …
Ferris wheel in the town fair of San Pedro Las Huertas
Of course, it wouldn’t be a town fair with out a Ferris wheel, mechanical games, all kinds of street food vendors, live …
Have a Guatemalan-style Merry Christmas
Christmas day is such a quite and relaxing time in Guatemala, except for the burning of fireworks and firecrackers at noon and …
Happy Bicentennial of Guatemala’s Independence
Today Guatemala and the other Central American countries commemorate the bicentennial of the independence. As part of the no-crowds celebrations, the Banco de Guatemala put in circulation a Commemorative Bicentennial Twenty Quetzals bill… TAP to see the full size photos of the new Q20 bill and to read the complete post.
Let’s Begin the Bicentennial Celebrations
This week Guatemala and the other countries in Central America will be celebrating their 200th anniversary of Independence. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, most massive events will not be allowed. So, Guatemalans are mostly observing the special date with flags, firecracker bombs and fireworks… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Mayan Nativity Scene for Christmas Eve
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Nacimiento for Nativity Scene. For those who are not familiar with Catholic imagery, …
Burning of the Devil in Antigua Guatemala Will Be an Ecological and Virtual Celebration for 2020
Needless to say 2020 is an atypical year, thus no burning of the devil celebration will be held in Antigua Guatemala as …
End of the Year Celebrations in Antigua Guatemala
In Antigua Guatemala we celebrate the end of the year and welcome the new year with lots of music, dances, plays, and …
Chilling and Kicking in Antigua Guatemala
Honest, I wish you were here… the weather is incredible in this corner of the world and Guatemalans burn fireworks in every …
Happy Holidays from Antigua Daily Photo
Navidad or Christmas is an easy-going day in Antigua Guatemala. Except for the burning of firecrackers and fireworks at noon and at …
Here comes Noche Buena to Antigua Guatemala
Here’s your illustrated Spanish words of the day: Noche Buena, literal good night, for Christmas Eve. Noche Buena is such an important …
Corozo palms on sale at the Antigua market
Copal incense and corozo palms provide the main aromas of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Corozo palms are sold in …
Burning of the Devil in Antigua Guatemala
People gather around Barrio La Conception, Antigua Guatemala, on December 7 at 6pm for La Quema del Diablo, the burning the devil …
Corozo provides the official aroma of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
As I have mentioned it before, Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala come with their own set of aromas, flavors and …
Who cleans up the firecracker trash?
I wonder who is responsible for cleaning up all the trash generated by the burning of firecrackers and fireworks through out Guatemala, …
Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad!
In Antigua Guatemala we woke up to this sunny and gorgeous panoramic vista of the volcanoes Agua, Fuego and Acatenago with a …
Christmas Decoration Street Shop
Besides the omnipresent fireworks and firecracker street booths, one can also find Christmas decoration street shops when anyone can pick up Christmas …
First Photos of the Eruptions of Fuego Volcano taken from Antigua Guatemala
Here are the first images I taken of the recent eruptions of Volcán de Fuego taken from Antigua Guatemala tonight. I was …
Guatemalan Christmas Breakfast
Here’s a typical Guatemalan breakfast for Christmas, which is normally a quite day except for the fireworks and firecrackers which begin at …
Almost Ready for 2012
It looks like the Muni is almost ready to wave goodbye to 2011. The sign for 2012 is already in place and …
Loading up 2011
On my way to La Bodegona to get some red wine for the new year celebrations of 2011, I noticed that the …
Guatemala Is A Pyromaniac’s Hell
Guatemala’s a pyromaniac hell or paradise, what is it? I remember reading earlier this year a tweet from Xeni Jardin, one of …
Feliz Noche Buena
Merry Christmas Eve! In Guatemala, Christmas Eve is as important as Christmas. People stay up all night waiting for midnight to have …
Eucharistic celebration on Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, 2010 in La Antigua Guatemala began at midnight with firecrackers, firebombs and …
Diablo Piñatas for Burning of the Devil
La quema del diablo (Burning of the Devil) used to be this tradition, little known outside of Guatemala. I say “used to …
Guatemala’s Independence Student Parades
Most people in Guatemala often say that Guatemalans are not very “patriotic” and immediately mention how patriotic the Mexicans really are: “that’s really patriotism!” Heck I even heard an hour long radio show today discussing it.
Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad…
Christmas is such a quite and relax day in Guatemala, except for the burning of fireworks and firecrackers at noon and 6 …
Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala
Christmas Eve or Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala is celebrated by staying up all night burning firecrackers and fireworks, eating tamales, …
Independence Day: Patriotic Fire Marathon
So, what kind activities are done in Guatemala to celebrate Independence Day? Most people in Guatemala often say that Guatemalans are not …
Fuego Volcano Erupting
Some people have to wait until special occasions like Independence Day to see a fireworks show. Here in La Antigua Guatemala, thanks …
Panoramic View from Antigua Guatemala
There is really not much to say about the panoramic view of La Antigua Guatemala you see above. Except, perhaps, I can …
Everyone Burns Firecrackers in Guatemala for Christmas
Christmas Day is a very quiet and easy-going day in Guatemala. But, it does not begins like that. On the contrary, right …
Corozo Palms and its Smell are a Staple of the Holy Week
Just like the Christmas Season comes with its own set of smells, flavors and color palette, so does the Holy Week celebrations. I can bring to you still photos, slide shows, video clips and sounds. But I can not bring you the smells. Like I said back in the Virgin of Guadalupe Day, … the incredible power of the sense of smell can detonate nostalgic memories… if only the smells could be seized like Patrick Süskind suggested in his masterpiece Das Parfum (Perfume). How could one go about imprisoning the mixture of the smells of copal incense, corozo palms, fireworks, pine needles, moisten saw dust, fresh tropical fruits, palm flower arrangements and sweat into a digital format readily available to download onto your own computer?
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New Year’s Eve Celebrations in La Antigua Guatemala:
For starters there are many things that make New Year’s Eve similar and different than Christmas’ Eve. If Christmas’ Eve is celebrated with the family at home at your parents’ home; New Year’s Eve can be celebrated anywhere: a discotheque, a park, the beach or La Calle del Arco, a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala
Christmas’ Eve or Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala
Christmas’ Eve or Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala is celebrated by staying up all night burning firecracker, eating tamales or turkey and drinking real fruit punch or hot real chocolate, visiting family, friend and neighbors for the respective abrazo de Noche Buena and buenos deseos (Christmas hug and wishes); many even go to midnight mass. At midnight the presents under the Christmas tree, around the nacimiento (nativity scene), are opened and everyone laughs and hugs indiscriminately everyone around. These celebrations rate the highest on nostalgic memory scale; everyone living abroad wishes to be in Guatemala for this season and for this night in particular.
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 …
Christmas colors from the Antigua Guatemala’s Market
Red is the most prominent color around Christmas time. You can see it in the many people who dress up like Santa …
Antigua’s street from Cafe Sky
Antigua’s street from Cafe Sky, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Here is another shot from Cafe Sky roof-top bar. Between this view and …