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Sompopo: The Giant Guatemalan Ant

Enough about pondering the big questions! Sompopos are now here and thus we are now “officially” in the rainy season. Sompopos arrived …

May sompopos/huge ants

The rainy season in Guatemala begins in May and after the first few rains, Huge ants start to come out of nowhere. …

Zompopos FAQ

This year the May Zompopos actually did arrive in May. Even though the Guatemalan winged sompopo ant appears every year in May, …

Guatemalan Slang: Chilero

Today we open a new category that was long overdue: Guatemalan Slang. I mean we have seen some of the slang used …

Umbrella Time Is Here

That’s right, it’s already May, which marks the commencement of the rainy season, thus the umbrella time. We haven’t seen the Sompopos …

Cascarones de Carnaval

These colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark the arrival of carnaval …