Holy Week Details: Cucurucho Candles Vendor
Purple or violet and black are the colors of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, float bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes …
Holy Week Details: Pine Needles and Flowers Carpet
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Alfombras procesionales for processional carpets. Once again I’ll be offering group and private …
Holy Week Details: Palm Sunday Bouquets
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Semana Santa [Holy Week] the in Catholic realm. These Palm Sunday bouquets are burned and …
Palm Sunday Procession from Iglesia de La Merced
Finally, after two years of not having any processions in Antigua Guatemala, the government gave the green light to some processions as …
Lent 2022 Decorations
Wednesday March 2nd is the beginning of Lent 2022 or Cuaresma as we call it in the Spanish-speaking world. Purple banners and …
Holy Week Temple Decorations in Antigua Guatemala
The pandemic has disrupted life in Guatemala in so many ways. The religious and cultural manifestations that brought together huge crowds are …
Sights of Antigua: Jacaranda Blooms at Parque Central
Today I share with you a panoramic vista of the Parque Central of Antigua Guatemala taken from the rooftop of the Palacio …
Lenten Decorations at Palacio del Ayuntamiento
Just because we are not having processions during Cuaresma [Lent] or during the Semana Santa [Holy Week] it doesn’t mean we are …
A Quiet Palm Sunday in Antigua Guatemala
2020 will be remembered as the quiet year; a year without processions; a year without massive events; a year without crowds. Yet …
Jacaranda Trees Are Blooming Now in Antigua Guatemala
Jacaranda trees bloom during Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy Week] and this year is no exception. All activities for Lent and …
Lent Decorations Are All Over Antigua Guatemala
Doors and windows all over Antigua Guatemala are decorated with purple flowers and banners. The color purple is a sign of penitence.
Get your camera ready: Lent is here!
Get your camera ready to capture the color and devotion of Cuaresma and Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala! Book one of my …
Lenten Processional Carpet Artwork Detail
With each passing year, the processional carpets, or alfombras procesionales as we known them here, get more elaborate and artistically intricate. Some …
Let Lent Begin
Here’s your Guatemalan illustrated Spanish word of the day: Miércoles de ceniza for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, …
2020 Special Sunday Cuaresma Photo Walks
Lent and Easter are coming, get your camera ready! Book one of my Lenten photo walks to have unprecedented access to the …
Another Year of Successful Lent & Holy Week Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
Once again I feel fortunate that so many photographers from all over the world put their trust in me to help them …
The Creation of Alfombras
Today’s photographs were made while I was teaching a street photography workshop during Easter & Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Take home …
Semana Santa Comfort Food: Garnachas
Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala offers so many comfort foods, such as garnachas, a street food originally from Xelajú [Quetzaltenango]. Today’s portrait …
Pizza for the masses during Lent
For better or worse, pizza has carved a niche among the street food offerings found during Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy …
Kids posing during a procession in Antigua Guatemala
Today is your turn to caption this photograph. The most creative caption posted in the comment area of www.AntiguaDailyPhoto.com will get a …
Lenten Aromas: Corozo and Pine needles
Today I share a photo of a little boy picking up pine needle and corozo palms from processional carpet; these two plants …
Little boy carrying a processional float
Normally the weight of a float is divided among all those carrying it. Here I share with you a little boy carrying …
Little girls waiting for their turn to carry the processional float
Today I shared with you an image of three little girls, sisters, waiting for their turn to carry the processional float. This …
Semana Santa Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
Take home extraordinary images of the once-a-year traditional and colorful processions from the intricacies of carpet building, to the coordination required to …
Santa Ana’s Men Processional Float at Calle del Arco
The fourth Sunday of Lent is the turn for the Santa Ana Procession to serpent through the streets of Antigua Guatemala and …
Santa Ana’s Women Processional Float at Parque Central
Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy Week] are equal-opportunity religious events where everyone gets a chance to participate. Here we caught the …
Dogs roaming during a Lenten procession
During one of our special Lenten photo walks we came across this pack of dogs roaming freely in the middle of the …
Lent and Easter Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
Don’t miss this once-a-year chance to capture stunning aspects of the traditional processions from the intricacies of carpet building, to the coordination …
Lenten Decoration in Antigua Guatemala
The doors and windows of Antigua Guatemala are now dressed up with the purple color of Lent, Cuaresma in Spanish. I will …
Lent Season Has Began
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish phrase of the day: Miércoles de ceniza for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent …