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