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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 …

It’s impossible to miss the Lent, Cuaresma we call it in Spanish, in Antigua Guatemala as you encounter decorations, shrines, carpets, vigils …

With the Ash Wednesday religious ceremony begins the 40-day period known in Spanish as Cuaresma, Lent, which ends with Semana Santa, Holy …

The Cuaresma (Lent) period which leads into Semana Santa (Holy Week) begins every year with Miércoles de ceniza (Ash Wednesday). As in …

The processional carpets are among the most creative and colorful elements of the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. As I’ve mentioned …

Today’s Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) which means we are at the commencement of the world-famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. We …

The San Bartolo procession is among the biggest from the Antigua Lent Processions series. In fact, I remember publishing in previous years …

We continue our series Antigua Lent Processions thanks to the wonderful imagery of our friend and collaborator Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos who has …

The village of Santa Inés is located on the edge of La Antigua Guatemala, to the right of the road that takes …

North by Northwest, that’s how you get to Jocotenango from Antigua Guatemala’s Plaza Mayor (main plaza). Jocotenango is not a village of …

First thing first, my dear friend Nelo informs me that on the first Wednesday of the Lent period, also known as Ash …

Every week, many more houses and buildings are putting up their Lent decorations. This house located on Calle de Los Pasos, which …

For those who don’t know, the building that appears in the photo is La Antigua Guatemala Municipal government building, simply known as …

I confess that you have to click on the image above to understand the title. I confess I have never in my …

Transference: the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred. With these processions not only the heavy floats are being …