Antigua Guatemala Semana Santa Photos
With this gallery of Semana Santa photos from Antigua Guatemala, Nelo Mijangos shares with us an overview of the many vistas one …
What Are Antigua Guatemala Velaciones (Vigils) Like?
Velaciones, vigils, are a very important tradition during Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Velaciones are altars or shrines made for …
Perpetuating The Holy Week Traditions in Antigua Guatemala No. 3
As I have mentioned before, Lent and Semana Santa is an equal-opportunity tradition. As you can see here, even little girls get …
Perpetuating The Holy Week Traditions in Antigua Guatemala No. 2
As I mentioned yesterday, there will be Lent and Holy Week celebrations in Antigua Guatemala for a long while. These religious traditions …
Perpetuating The Holy Week Traditions in Antigua Guatemala
One thing I know for sure, there will be Holy Week celebrations in Antigua Guatemala for a long while. These traditions are …
Lent Sunday Processions: 5th San Bartolomé Becerra
The procession of the fifth Sunday of Lent is quite possibly one of the largest processions in Antigua Guatemala. People just refer …
Lent Sunday Processions: 3rd Jocotenango
The third of Sunday of Lent is the turn for the church of Jocotenango to put the best procession possible and believe, …
Lent Sunday Processions: 1st Santa Catarina Bobadilla
Beginning with the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday, there are processions each Sunday of Lent and the first procession comes out the …
North by Northwest
Often I see visitors to Antigua Guatemala getting lost or asking for directions. It’s kind of interesting since La Antigua Guatemala is …
Lent Food: Batido Drink
Batido is a fruity drink topped with a powder called pinol, a coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often in …
Guatemalan Spanish Words for Lent Food
Today we will begin our Spanish lesson with some very important Guatemalan Spanish words: Poporopos, Plataninas, Papalinas and Churros. Poporopos: This is …
Let The Photographers In for Lent and Holy Week
Just as cucuruchos and processions are the staple imagery of Lent and Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala, so are the photographers …
Lent Is Altar and Carpet Time
Lent is also the time for shrines, carpets, vigils and processions. Out of nowhere any of these things can appear anywhere and …
First Vigil of Lent in Antigua Guatemala
This is the first vigil of the Lent season with its traditional stalls of chicken sandwiches, the batido drink and other meals …
Let Lent Begin in Antigua Guatemala
With the Ash Wednesday religious ceremony begins the 40-day period known in Spanish as Cuaresma, Lent, which ends with Semana Santa, Holy …