
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day
Let’s just celebrate our diversity today and everyday! Today is a national holiday in Guatemala: Día de la Raza. So, I would …
Let’s just celebrate our diversity today and everyday! Today is a national holiday in Guatemala: Día de la Raza. So, I would …
Can anybody help me understand why a country with a +55% population of indigenous Maya hires European-looking models to dress as Maya …
Here’s the follow-up photo to yesterday’s rear view mirror vista. In this picture, you can appreciate the different cortes worn by the …
If you only browse the Indigenous category you will find 58 photos and hundreds more if you browse all 901 consecutive days …
What makes art art and what makes everything else handicrafts or folk-art? In Spanish art is arte and handicrafts are artesanías; kind …
I find the singing of the indigenous people extremely haunting and touching, even though, they are singing evangelical hymns. To me this singing has another layer of pain and denouncing which is above the meaning of the words they sing; something much older and more mystical than the religious hymn brought by the European Christianity.
The indigenous women’s dress is known as corte (the bottom part or skirt that is). The corte translates roughly as cut or …
As I have shared with you before, flores de Pascua or pascuas, are the most popular Christmas floral displays. Poinsettias are also …
During celebrations of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe, on December 12, you can find gringa moms, Maya mamás, mestizo …
On December 12, children are dressed up to commemorate Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day. In the atrium of Parroquia de La …
As every year, on December 12, kids are dressed up to commemorate Our Lady of Guadalupe feast day. All around the atrium …
Many people believe that the Maya don’t like to be photographed or filmed. Well, if you browse the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com you …
Some of you may or may not know that La Antigua Guatemala is located within Kackchikel territory, one of the largest Maya …
Here are some bits and pieces I found on Wikipedia: The Kaibiles (singular: Kaibil) are a special operations force of the Military …
If you have follow the daily updates from AntiguaDailyPhto you may know that I enjoy taking the most innocent and harmless photograph …