One aspect that I enjoy very much of the catholic rituals and celebrations is that there’s always food; food for every celebration. Corpus Christi was observed yesterday and included mass services, burning of firecrackers, procesion, and selling of food. Watch the video recorded, edited and published from his iPhone to get an overview of the … Read more
In many places of Guatemala on Holy Saturday an effigy of Judas Iscariote is burned. For those who don’t know who Juda Escariot was, according to the New Testament, he was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He is infamously known for his kiss and betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the … Read more
With this gallery of Semana Santa photos from Antigua Guatemala, Nelo Mijangos shares with us an overview of the many vistas one can expect while following a procession in Antigua Guatemala. For instance, the picture above gives us an idea of the length of the float and how many cucuruchos carry it. Below, we can … Read more
Last night was the presentation of Vocal People at Ermita de la Santa Cruz ruins, Antigua Guatemala’s concert venue, as part of the XII Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz. Voca People brought a musical show featuring popular songs by the only means of a cappella and beatbox, sans any other musical instrument. The Saturday night … Read more
The night of February 1 was chosen as the inauguration of XII Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz to be held for ten days in Antigua Guatemala. The night was filled with the sounds of the big band music of the Bob Porter’s Orchestra and happy rhythms of pop, rock, latino and ska by the Guatemalan … Read more
This is what a typical laundry day looks like at any of the public washbasins and water tanks in and around Antigua Guatemala. What’s not so typical is to see a man doing laundry in one of the lavaderos (washbasins). Este es un típico día en los lavaderos públicos en las aldeas de Antigua Guatemala. … Read more
I came across a group of catholic women who were raising funds for their church. One of the women carry an image and a small basket to collect the donations. In exchange for your donation you could kiss the image and the women would pray for you for a few seconds. If you didn’t put … Read more
Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Antigua Guatemala As I have shared with you in previous years, in La Antigua Guatemala, religious celebrations draw together all kinds of heterogeneous people and the Feast of Our Lady of Virgen de Guadalupe is no exception. On December 12 celebrations of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Our Lady … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is a very small town, heck Guatemala, the country, is just slightly bigger than Antigua Guatemala when it comes to meeting people or projects or getting in touch. Anyway, a couple of times before I was reminded how in Guatemala we only have Two Degrees of Separation. Today’s main photo is such … Read more
“The son of The King” was the song used to introduce Julian Marley, Bob Marley’s son at the most recent reggae concert in Antigua Guatemala fabulous venue, Ermita de La Santa Cruz. As you can see in the pictures below, all reggae lovers were present to listing to the songs of Bob Marley performed by … Read more
Just as with pizza, tacos are now part of the Guatemalan gastronomy. You can find tacos in every town fair, at parks and plazas, on the side of the roads, within malls, etc. However tacos in Guatemala are nothing like the Mexican tacos one finds in Mexico or the United States. Somehow, the Guatemalan taco … Read more
I don’t know when or how, but now pizza slices are an staple of the Guatemalan town fairs. Of course, like everything food that becomes part of the Guatemala gastronomy, the fair pizza is different and normally people put mayonnaise and ketchup on top it, well most people do. Have you tried the Guatemalan town … Read more
Well, it looks like the Guatemalan fiambre is taking off as it’s being covered by publications abroad such as Saveur Magazine. Here’s the teaser for you to read the complete article about the Guatemalan fiambre. Fiambre, which means “served cold,” is eaten only in Guatemala, only on All Saints’ Day. Though its origins are murky, … Read more
The kite season is upon us already so it comes as no surprise to see Guatemalan kites being used as decorations. Through October and November you can find many businesses using Guatemalan kites as decoration. Kites are very important in Guatemala since they are much more than simple toys. Kites are messengers in the wind. … Read more
Among other news this week was the controversy and rage about Guatemala’s Gallo beer on the social media networks, especially on Facebook. Well, it looks like someone discovered that the Gallo beer was being sold in Mexico as a Mexican beer with Mexican motifs and a great price, so much more economically than in Guatemala. … Read more