Live Jazz thanks to Antigua Swing Club
This is the Antigua Swing Club playing live Jazz music at the Charleston restaurant. Make sure you follow these fellows, they are …
Two Degrees of Separation at the 19th International Jazz Festival of Guatemala
Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six, or fewer, social connections away from each other. As a result, …
Live Marimba Music at Palacio del Ayuntamiento
This week has been phenomenal in Antigua Guatemala, with a pedestrian town for three days, new spotlights at the Compañía de Jesús …
Marimba Reina San Juanerita at Palacio del Ayuntamiento, Antigua Guatemala
Marimba music could easily be tagged as the sound track of Guatemala. I believe you find marimba music everywhere. Most people like …
Duo Soupstar at Guatemala’s Jazz Festival in Antigua Guatemala
The cinematic sounds of the Duo Soupstar playing at the antiguo colegio de la Compañía de Jesús in Antigua Guatemala was a …
Big Wy’s Brass Band at Guatemala’s Jazz Festival in Antigua Guatemala
The youthful energy coming out of the Big Wy’s Brass Band was contagious and put almost everyone to dance. Jazz fans had …
Mayan Family Playing Religious Music
As I have said before, I find the singing of the Maya people extremely haunting and touching, even though, they are singing …
The Shuffle Demons at Guatemala’s Jazz Festival in Antigua Guatemala
The Shuffle Demons are a primal, funky, jazz band with three saxophones, a cello and a drum set or batería as we …
The Thierry Lang Trio at Guatemala’s Jazz Festival in Antigua Guatemala
The 17th International Jazz Festival of Guatemala is in full swing. Here’s the Thierry Lang Trio playing at as part of the …
QuinTango and Sonidos Para La Vida offered a free concert in Antigua Guatemala
Last Tuesday the renown quintet QuinTango and Sonidos Para La Vida, an organisation with young musicians, offered a free concert at the …
Korean Decor in Antigua Guatemala
I never get tired of recommending people to enter every shop, restaurant, hotel, building with public access in Antigua Guatemala to find …
Red Box Movies — Antigua Guatemala Style
In the mercado municipal of Antigua Guatemala you can find quite a few booths that offer movie selections similar to what you …
The Haunting Sounds of Pre-Columbian Religious Music
As I have asked before, how can two simple musical instruments playing uncomplicated and repetitive rhythms create a profound, hauntingly, bewitching and …
Swing, Blues & Cumbia Tonight in Antigua Guatemala
If you like swing, blues, cumbia or all the above, you are in luck because tonight between 8:30pm – 11pm you can …
Historic Mother’s Day in Guatemala
First of all, I want to wish a Happy Guatemalan Mother’s Day to all the moms in my family and the world, …
Central America’s EDITUS live in Antigua Guatemala on International Jazz Day
One of the best representatives of the jazz in Central America, Editus, had a show tonight in Finca Filadelfia on International Jazz …
The McNally Smith Fusion Ensemble performed at the “XIII Festival de Jazz de Guatemala” in Antigua Guatemala
Wednesday night we had the opportunity to listen to The McNally Smith Fusion Ensemble performed for about an hour and a half …
The Burning of the 13 Baktun Devil in Antigua Guatemala
La Antigua Guatemala is a very small town, heck Guatemala, the country, is just slightly bigger than Antigua Guatemala when it comes …
Wild flowers from Guatemala
There are so many beautiful wild flowers in Guatemala that one can enjoy in hedgerows, fields, milpas, etc. It’s no wonder R.E.M. …
Magic Cumbia Swing and Latin Blues Night with Ishto Juevez and Ixtapoch Vallenas in Antigua Guatemala
If you’re not in Antigua Guatemala right now, you don’t know what you’re missing. Well, I will help you know what you’re …
#MiércolesDeCumbia from Guatemala to the World
After marimba music, cumbia has been the most popular musical genre in Guatemala. The phenomenonal comeback of Cumbia music in Guatemala is …
Ya cayó el 20 / the 20 has fallen
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats. —Albert Schweitzer You know that I am …
Edgar Dorantes Quartet at the 12 Festival Internacional de Jazz in Antigua Guatemala
As in previous years, once again I had the opportunity to attend one of the jazz recitals of the 12th International Jazz …
The Band’s Visit
As every Friday at 4 p.m. the municipal band delighted us with a recital of live music. Also, every time I watch …
Sin la letra A
Sem você nem tristeza teremos Pra nos lamentar Sem você nem morrer de saudade Nem mesmo chorar Pois não há chorar E …
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – The Blues Brothers by Blues Brothers Soundtrack on Grooveshark In Guatemala Valentine’s Day has a much …
Jazz Recitals on Calle del Arco
Calle del Arco is the place to be on the weekends in Antigua Guatemala if you want to listen to live music. …
In The Christmas Mood
Poinsettias or Flor de Pascua are in full bloom in The Land of the Eternal Spring for the Christmas season. The most …
Strawberry Fields Forever
Here’s the strawberry fields forever ambulant vendor. Everyday he picks the fields to bring the freshest fresas to Antigua Guatemala. Basket in …
Occupy Antigua Plantón
There was a plantón, sort of an occupy protest, called for many civil organizations to disrupt and put an end to the …
Classic Beetle for Classy Town
Oh I want one of these classic Volkswagen Beetles with white tires and chromed bumpers. Who wouldn’t really. Anyway, to finish the …
Perspective Is Everything!
Yes, perspective is everything! If you don’t believe me compare the Tea Partiers and the Occupy Wall Street movement, since both share …
Siesta Time
It’s your turn to write the caption. The most original caption will win this photo as a post card. Good luck!
Garrick
Watching the world-famous mime Tamagochy yanking smiles and laughs from the audience formed around his “maleta de la alegría” (happiness suitcase) I …
Nostalgia Triggers
The other day while I waited for the fresh and hot tortillas to come out of the comal I noticed an orange …
Mailbox: Letters Wanted
Today AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Also, the CityDailyPhoto community around the world is having the monthly theme day which is …
Ensamble Antiqua
The Santo Domingo del Cerro hosted a Baroque music concert on Palm Sunday, and well, after Nelo’s wonderful work on Processions, perhaps …
Municipal Band Friday Recitals
The Municipal Band Friday recitals is another reason why Parque Central is my favorite part of town. What can I say, I …
Dancing to Street Music in Antigua Guatemala
Street music calls for everyone. It is not privileged or costly. Any passers-by is invited to enjoy it fully. So these two …
AntiguaDailyPhoto’s Top 12 of 2010
12. Colorful Guatemalan Balls, 11. Cathedral Spot Lights Zooming, 10. Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers, 09. The Ages of …
Diablo Piñatas for Burning of the Devil
La quema del diablo (Burning of the Devil) used to be this tradition, little known outside of Guatemala. I say “used to …
El Día de la Raza Or Columbus Day
In Guatemala, October 12 is a national holiday known as Día de la Raza or Day of the Race. October 12 is …
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Qué será, será… Alfred Hitchcock has to be one my favorite directors, along with Kubrick, and I often pay tribute to him …
Running Away
Ya running and ya running And ya running away. Ya running and ya running And ya running away. Ya running and ya …
A flood of tears over the colonial town
Llanto sobre la ciudad colonial. About four weeks ago I declared that this is The Rainiest Year Ever out of frustration with …
Guatemala’s 189th Independence Day
Once again Leonel “Nelo” Mijangos is sharing his photographs with us. Yesterday Nelo showed us some his photos for the student parades …
Coupled Up
For as long as there’s love, couples will feel the desire to record their names, interlocked, as proof that at one point …
Antigua Guatemala Is Not The Real World
I DO hope you understand my editorial line and that you become a fan and follower of the AntiguaDailyPhoto updates in Facebook and Twitter to keep on top of the additional information and news I share with you.
4th Year Anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com
Cutting a cake for an anniversary is quite commom through out the world, including Guatemala, however, here we also have an alternative: …
Earth Hour 2010 in Antigua Guatemala
An hour for the Planet… An hour of no light for the planet; it was celebrated worldwide. Antigua Guatemala did its share, …
Guatemalan Town Fair Pizza
We get a lot of things from our neighbors from the big white north like remittances, retired chicken buses, junk cars, and …
Luna de Antigua
Anyway, in my never ending quest of bringing you the contrast of the ‘Old’ Guatemala versus the ‘New’ Guatemala, I share with you two new versions of Luna de Xelajú. The first rendition of Luna de Xelajú is by Malacates Trebol Shop. The second version of Luna de Xelajú is performed by the group Abracadabra. Next, you will find the lyrics for Luna de Xelajú in Spanish and English right below. Last but not least, you can watch and hear the Marimba of Bellas Artes performed Luna de Xelajú. Enjoy!
What time is it?
Yo creo que es hora de regresar a nuestras clases de español (I think it’s time to come back to our Spanish …
Life Is Good!
Split a life in two; then in decades; the decades in years; the years in days and so on. Life is just …
Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad…
Christmas is such a quite and relax day in Guatemala, except for the burning of fireworks and firecrackers at noon and 6 …
Stop Violence Against Women in Guatemala
Many Guatemalans might regard thrillers and serial killers films as light and interested pieces of fiction because we are confronted with ultra …
Day of the Dead Dessert: Chilacayote
For three years I have focused on world-famous and omnipresent dish of Fiambre as the main food served for Day of the …
El Grito
If there were an unofficial anthem for Guatemala, that would be El Grito. Most Guatemalan grow hearing El Grito and even dancing …
Feria Food: Manzanas encarameladas
These caramelized apples are a good example of the syncretism found in the Guatemalan gastronomy. As Pascu mentioned yesterday, “I find Guatemalan …
Feria Food: Plataninas
If you want to know what plataninas, papalinas, poporopos and churros are, just follow the white rabbit! Guatemala’s rich gastronomic heritage is …
The War of the Worlds
Play this song before continuing: We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century this world was being watched …
Come on Ixchel, follow me!
Last night I talked to my lovely niece who just turned eleven recently and we spoke about being 11-year old now and …
Visit The Time Tunnel
In my quest to bring to you ‘new’ vistas of the same ‘old’ places around La Antigua Guatemala, I present to you …
Twilight Zone at Antigua’s Central Park
What an interesting combination of colors and light temperatures can be achieved during the twilight zone in La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park. …
What A Wonderful World!
… And I said to myself, what a wonderful world…
Traditional Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler
First of all, click the play button below. It’s the sound track for this entry. It’s been a while since I presented …
Día de la Santa Cruz y el Albañil
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
Traditional Guatemalan Musical Instruments
In the photo above you can observe several percussion traditional Guatemalan musical instruments like chinchines (the black rattles made from gourds, seeds …
Marimba Orquesta Chicken Bus Ave Lira
Like Manolo said, with Marimba music as the background for many parties and celebrations around La Antigua Guatemala and the rest of the country, I can almost smell the pine needles under my feet and the tamales and ponche (fruit punch) in the air. Oh what memories… sometimes I even wish I could like this type of music. 🙁
Marimba Chicken Bus and Church of San Pedro
Well, well, what we have here… what’s up with that, why are Guatemalans so enchanted with the infamous chicken bus. I mean what makes Guatemalans take on the crappy junk and retired school buses from up north and give them a second life as public transit chicken bus, mobile libraries chicken bus and now as a marimba orquesta mobile unit chicken bus.
Dog School in Antigua
The reason the photo above brought memories back from an old forbidden song in Latin America was the lyrics of Las casas de cartón (the carton houses) which had something about dog schools where the canine were given education so they don’t bite the newspapers… but I rather leave you with part of the lyrics and the song below it.
Marimba Music at Calle del Arco in Antigua
Marimba music is so deeply rooted into the Guatemala psyche that even the few of us that do not like it, recognize it and feel it; especially if we are abroad, as far as Kinshasa, Congo or in the good old U.S.A. For sure, you can hear marimba music on Calle del Arco on the weekends in La Antigua Guatemala.
Guatemalan Adoptions Could Be Mixed Blessings
There are many complications when you take an adopted child from Guatemala to a foreign land and to a foreign culture. One complication could be that he or she will be marked as strange because of her Mayan traits and the dark color of the skin.
Hispanic and Indigenous children might be walking on uneven streets if they are taken to mostly white neighborhoods where racism and discrimination could part of their daily bread.
Chicken Bus and the Driver’s Assistant
Guate, Guate, Guate… vamos vaciooossss!
That is what you hear the chicken bus driver’s helper yell out as the omnibus makes its way back into Guatemala City. But there are all kinds of yellings: Antigua, Antigua, Chimal, Chimal, Chichi, Chichi, Xela, Xela and so on.
Guate, Guate, Guate… vamos vaciooossss! Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala, we are empty is what the driver’s ayudante (helper) would yell out if they are full, like this.