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Beautiful Maya Kaqchikel Smiles from Guatemala

A quick visit this Sunday to Santa María de Jesús, the municipality south of Antigua Guatemala and the highest community on the …

One of the things one can encounter quite often on the streets of Antigua Guatemala is smiles. Big smiles are everywhere around …

Last week we did a mini series on campesinos and the milpa fields located on the skirt of Volcán de Agua. Today …

As every Día de la Raza I would like to share with you the faces of cultural resistance in a world where …

The atrium of the former Compañía de Jesús building is a favourite spot to have lunch during sunny days as well as …

In my opinion, the native Maya clothing from Guatemala are very stylish. Some might argue that Guatemalan Maya clothes are even in …

I saw this Maya girl peeking through the windows of a very high-end cafe in Antigua Guatemala; fortunately, I had my telephoto …

I am not too sure this Guatemalan woman will be singing this popular song to bring on the rain, don’t you agree? …

Of course, these ladies who prepare us our daily tortillas can not be missing in series about the real Guatemala. Here we …

This wonderful clay pottery was brought all the way from Totonicapán; that’s near Xela in case you didn’t know, to be sold …

Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Antigua Guatemala As I have shared with you in previous years, in La Antigua Guatemala, …

This is one of the images with which I am participating this year in Guatemala’s largest photo festival, FOTO30, which spans the …

The haunting Mayan sounds of the chirimilla flute and drums can still be heard at most religious and public events. Unfortunately, while …

Very often I see women on their way to the maize mill to turn nixtamalized maized into masa dough to make tortillas. …

I have a fascination for bare naked walls that show the materials that are used to form them. Bricks, rocks, concrete, adobe, …

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