Removing Christmas Decorations at Calle del Arco
Well, it looks like in 2021 the Christmas decorations will put away much sooner than under normal circumstances. Just yesterday I shared …
Christmas Decorations at Calle del Arco
For this Christmas season, Calle del Arco was decorated with Xmas lights in the shape of angel’s wings. This is what they …
Guatemalan Tamales for Christmas
In Guatemala, Christmas is a family day; an occasion for strengthening the family bonds. Christmas is also a feast day full of …
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, …
Organic Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: White Poinsettias
As I have shared with you before, flores de Pascua or pascuas, are the most popular Christmas floral displays. Poinsettias are also …
Organic Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Chichitas de Esquipulas
Chichitas amarillas, yellow nipples or nipple fruit, or Chichitas de Esquipulas are two popular name for this organic Guatemalan decoration found around …
Organic Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Gallitos
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Gallitos for air plants. Another popular organic Guatemalan Christmas Decoration are Gallitos. As …
Organic Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Pashte and Pascuas
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Pashte for Spanish moss. One of the most important organic decorations for the …
First Posada Navideña of 2020
Let the nine days of posadas navideñas begin. Since this morning, December 15th, there have been sightings of Joseph and Mary’s quest …
Merry Christmas wishes from Antigua Guatemala
Did you know that nacimientos, pesebres or Nativity were first introduced to the American Continent through the city of Antigua Guatemala by …
Colorful Poinsettias for the Christmas Season
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Pascuas for Poinsettias. With each passing year, poinsettia growers develop new colors and …
This Devil Will Burn in Antigua Guatemala on December 7
The Christmas season in Antigua Guatemala begins with a cleansing pyromaniac ritual by burning the devil which represent all the negative feelings …
Christmas lights are up in Parque Central
I much prefer to have all the trees at Parque Central lit with Christmas lights than to have a Christmas tree somewhere …
Merry Christmas from Antigua Guatemala
Merry Christmas to y’all!
For today, I decided to shared a humble corn-husk Nacimiento, another popular style found in Guatemala.
Here’s the most complex Nativity scene in Antigua Guatemala in 2018
You must watch the video tour and pictures included in this post to believe the complexity and size of this Nativity scene. Heck, they recreated most landmarks of Antigua Guatemala as part of this Nativity scene.
Guatemalan Christmas Syncretism
Gabriela Orozco García, 19 years old, puts the final touches on a figure of a Mayan-inspired Nativity scene. The Orozco García family from Antigua Guatemala are renown artisans who produce ceramic Nativity scenes with Mayan attires from all regions of Guatemala.
Traditional “Posada Navideña” of the Brotherhood of Jesús Nazareno of La Merced Church
Posadas navideñas are small processions enacting the search for shelter of Joseph and Mary right before the birth of baby Jesus. Here …
Nativity Scene Inside Iglesia San Francisco El Grande in Antigua Guatemala
The nacimiento or pesebre, Nativity scene, at the San Francisco El Grande church in Antigua Guatemala is even bigger than the one …
Nativity Scene Inside Iglesia La Merced in Antigua Guatemala
The Nacimiento inside Iglesia La Merced is huge. I had to use a fisheye lens to capture most it and I still missed at least 25% of the Nativity scene. Click the link to watch a short video clip of this Nativity Scene.
Maya Nativity Scene
Here’s a Maya-style Nativity scene found as decoration in one the popular hotels here in Antigua Guatemala. In fact, they had quite …
Poinsettias Deliveries
For being such a tiny country Guatemala, it tops some lists, not all bad either. For instance, Guatemala is a top producer …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations Market Stand
Here’s a sampling of the most popular Christmas decorations used in Guatemala. How many Christmas decorations do you recognise or which one …
Delivering Christmas Pantry Baskets in San Pedro Las Huertas
You can sense the Christmas spirit already in and around La Antigua Guatemala, alright. From the processions, the convites, the town fairs, …
Merry Christmas with a Guatemalan Nativity Scene
As I have explained before, Nacimientos are Nativity (Navidad in Spanish) scenes shrines made to celebrate during the December until Christmas or …
Delivering Toys On Christmas Eve
Here’s your Spanish words of the day: Noche Buena or Christmas Eve. As in previous years, I saw a caravan with Santa …
Central Park’s Mermaids Fountain at Night
Did you know that the official name for Antigua Guatemala’s parque central is actually Plaza Mayor? Also the benches around the Fuente …
Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park at Night
This picture was taken from the second floor of the municipal palace, around 7pm, even though the City Hall building closes its …
Christmas lights at Central Park, Antigua Guatemala
Once again Parque Central is looking radiant for the Christmas season with the help of over 200,000 lights. It is a very …
It’s Posada Time in Antigua Guatemala
Since the night of December 15, there have been sightings of Joseph and Mary’s quest for shelter around the streets of Antigua …
Boy at the Home Altar in San Gaspar Vivar
This boy, Kevin, was observing the altar made by his family to receive the San Gaspar Vivar procession on Día de los …