Lenten Vistas — Devoted Couples
Lent and Semana Santa is time to show devotion and love as you can see in the picture above. With this wonderful …
Lenten Vistas — Photographers
Nowadays I believe there are as many photographers as cucuruchos, well maybe half or so as many cucuruchos. Of course, many cucuruchos …
Lenten Vistas — Purple Banners
Another typical vista during Lent is the purple banners and bands that adorn many houses and business doorways and windows. Palacio de …
Lenten Vistas — Carpets
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Alfombras procesionales for processional carpets. To look at the Lenten processional carpets you …
Lenten Vistas — Floats and Wires
If you follow the Lenten processions through the northwest part of Antigua Guatemala you will invariable come across images of floats trying …
Special Lent Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
Join me for a very special photo walk every Sunday of Lent, from 2 pm to 6 pm. Don’t miss this once-a-year …
Cucurucho Drummer and Flute Player
The Maya play the drum and rustic flute commonly known as tzicolaj, although some people claim it to be an actual xul. …
Portrait of Father and Son Cucuruchos
The tradition of carrying the processional floats starts at a very early age as you can see here with portrait of a …
Purple is in style again in Antigua Guatemala
Today I share with you a photograph of a little cucurucho boy wearing what could be his first purple robe and his …
Let The Processional Season Begin
This past Sunday the first Lenten procession hit the streets of Antigua Guatemala. Here’s procession from Santa Catalina Bobadilla as it passes …
Lent Vistas — The Cucurucho and The Cop
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Lent Vistas — The Cucurucho and The Photographer
Cucuruchos and Photographers need to take a few breaks through out the processional route at the tienditas. This is one of the …
Lent Vistas — Cucuruchos having granizadas
After hours of walking and carrying the heavy processional floats, cucuruchos need to hidrate themselves and what better way than with cold …
Lent Vistas — Alfombras
The processional carpets not only provide beautiful ephemeral art to the eye, often, they also give us the aromas of Lent and …
Lent Vistas — Preparation of Holy Week Floats
Lent is also use to prepare and put the final touches on the floats and imagery used during the Holy week. The …