School year is over in Guatemala
The school year in Guatemala begins in January and ends in October. So, it is a common vista to see kids and …
The school year in Guatemala begins in January and ends in October. So, it is a common vista to see kids and …
It is both scandalous and sad that while the Guatemalan government is indulging in a melodramatic political charade, dissipating public funds in …
As I have mentioned before, bookstores and stationary stores are jam-packed around this time of the year in Guatemala since the new …
As I have mentioned before, Guatemala’s school year begins in January and end in October. So even though in many places of …
Public schools are free in Guatemala, minus some administrative fees. But, everything you need for school is not free; you need to buy a every single pencil and sheet of paper as well as any book or notebook, cuaderno in Spanish.
In the picture above, we can see parents with their children making the queues to purchase all the necessary school supplies at Librería Castillo in La Antigua Guatemala; librería is the Spanish term for bookstore or stationary store.
As I have mentioned before, Guatemala’s school year begins in January and end in October. Another interesting fact about Guatemala’s educational system …
Once again we are celebrating Saint James Day in La Antigua Guatemala, or Día de Santiago, as we call it in Spanish. …
Do you know why Guatemalan have to visit the RENAP at the beginning of the year? If you don’t know what RENAP …
El fin es sólo el comienzo. The end is just the beginning. One of the aspects that I enjoy the most about …
This photo was taken around the basket ball court of the public school of San Juan del Obispo shown a few days …
I read somewhere that the relationships among siblings are the longest of all. In this case, these two brothers are building a …
Oh there is a revolution brewing down South in Meso-America. This revolution will not be televised. This revolution will be streamed! Let …
Guatemala’s public educational system is divided as follows: Pre-Primaria (Pre-primary also known as párvulos and kindergarten), Primaria (Primary school 1st to 6th …
The reason the photo above brought memories back from an old forbidden song in Latin America was the lyrics of Las casas de cartón (the carton houses) which had something about dog schools where the canine were given education so they don’t bite the newspapers… but I rather leave you with part of the lyrics and the song below it.
No, this is not the bust of Lenin. This is the sculpture of Francisco Marroquin, Bishop to Guatemala in 16th century, and …
A group of women met at Parque Central to discuss how expensive all the útiles escolares (school supplies) are for this coming school year and to pass tips on where to get the best prices. Just like Black Wizard says, school supplies should also be free.
I don’t recall if I have told you that Guatemala’s school year begins in January and end in October; have I mentioned …
It’s official, I have become the official photographer for senior pictures for those looking to take home amazing destination pictures for the …
As I have mentioned before, slowly, one photo shoot at time, I have become the official photographer for senior pictures for those …
Slowly but surely I have become the official photographer for senior pictures for those looking to take home amazing destination pictures for …
July 25th is the Day of Saint James, Día de Santiago, the patron saint of Antigua Guatemala, formerly known as Santiago de …
At the beginning of the year I started offering two kinds of Street Photo Shoots for those looking to take home professional …
Push and pull, push and pull, slowly but with all the strength of her little muscles this little girl was able to …
The fountain of youth! Working children always find a little time to have fun. Regardless of what many of the readers have …
How do you turn a living city into a shopping mall? Well, unregulated businesses will pay top money for real estate and …
On Sunday, October 25, once again Guatemalans will be going to the voting booths to cast their vote for the new president …
I have to declare parades in La Antigua Guatemala as the second most popular activity after processions, of course. You are as …
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Carnaval, or meat festival, or carnival. As I have said before in previous years, the …
Oh boy oh boy, today I bring you a portrait of a little boy that works the streets of Antigua Guatemala. He …
We recently watched the film Boyhood, one of the film with more nominations and awards and a good contender for the Oscars. …
Several times I have covered the usage of technology by the Maya of Guatemala, either here in the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto or …
This week I had the opportunity to lead another private photo walk through the villages of San Pedro Las Huertas, San Gaspar …
Here’s the first photojournalistic project of the Foundry Photo Workshop I am sharing with you. As soon as I get other projects …
One week after I started AntiguaDailyPhoto on May 1, 2006 I pointed out how kids should be in school instead of working …
Once again the May zompopo ants have arrived on time this year! Here are some facts and myths about the giant leaf …
Once again the May sompopos ants actually arrived in May and on time! Are you ready to drop your jaw and say, …
Ordinarily, I begin by asking readers to recall their earliest memories to provide a context for corpocratic historians of the future… Could …
Over six years ago I pondered about the future of Guatemala and its child labor force: The future of a society is …
The news that his grandmother had come to visit the family reached Chepe as he was getting out of school; his sister …
This year the May Zompopos actually did arrive in May. Even though the Guatemalan winged sompopo ant appears every year in May, …
As published last year, these colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark …
How can we expect a better future as a country if our future is on the streets working instead of in school preparing to make a better nation?
These colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark the arrival of carnaval …
Ice cream vendors like the guy in the picture above are not only typical stamp of La Antigua Guatemala. As matter of …
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.
On January 4, 2010, in the comments posted under Digital life in Antigua Guatemala, Braaad wondered aloud: “I can’t wait till smartphones …
Women. They are the subject of these pictures. Why? The gruesome brutality hasn’t stopped. In fact, it has barely dipped. The Latin …
Pollo Campero is Guatemala’s most successful transnational company. With its tender, juicy and crunchy fried chicken, Campero has done what other Central …
These caramelized apples are a good example of the syncretism found in the Guatemalan gastronomy. As Pascu mentioned yesterday, “I find Guatemalan …
School bands and parades were the norm to celebrate Independence Day before the December 29 signing of The Guatemalan Peace Accords of …
So, what kind activities are done in Guatemala to celebrate Independence Day? Most people in Guatemala often say that Guatemalans are not …
Shoe-shinning is quite inexpensive in La Antigua Guatemala, about Q2/US$0.25 so there is no reason not to have one’s shoes shinning and …
On September 15th, at 6 p.m. all over main squares and central parks of Guatemala there is a civic act known as …
Last week, as we watch the delegations parade at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Inauguration, I was thinking how wonderful it was to …
If I started a series about the NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) headquartered in La Antigua Guatemala, one per day, I could probably …
Even though the Guatemalan winged sompopo ant appears every year in May, on average most Guatemalans know very little about them (myself …
From the reception desk, we move to the reading area, immediately to the left, to check out all the recent magazines (mostly European and Spanish). This gray granite table with its bright illumination is the perfect work area to do your Spanish classes homework; even more so if you take into account the great dictionaries and thesaurus available the
Elsewhere in La Antigua Guatemala, there is all kinds of Independence activities, similar to what I showed you last year. Today and tomorrow will be filled with patriotic sounds coming from the many students school bands and their parades, as well as the many Independence marathons which carry the patriotic fire in their torches back to their communities and villages. I will try to get at least some different shots of the activities, if work allows it. In the meantime, you can get a feel for the festive and noisy atmosphere we live now in La Antigua Guatemala by checking the entries below.
Some of you have asked to update yesterday’s entry about the Mobile Library Chicken Bus with information on how to help and how to send donations. Come on people, you did not think I was going to left the entry about bibliobuses there, right? I have three more photos to go, one per day, as that is our agreement. I will be posting all this information for you to help and donate to such worthy project.
Here is an interesting twist for the infamous chicken bus. Turn it into a bibliobús or mobile library bus so you can take the books to the communities that lack a library. For now, they have two bibliobuses, but I believe they will need a whole fleet to cover all the communities that do not have a library in Guatemala.
Now I know where I will be donating my next batch of books. The two mobile library buses belong to the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Probigua, which stands for Proyecto Bibliotecas Guatemala (Libraries Project of Guatemala). Come back in the next few days to learn more about the project and to see the inside of a “chicken bus”.
Well, just two days ago I told you how the signing of The Guatemalan Peace Accords of 1996 had put an end …
School bands and parades were the norm to celebrate Independence Day before the December 29 signing of The Guatemalan Peace Accords of …
The future of a society is with the children and their education and preparation. What kind of future awaits for Guatemala when …