The Last Semana Santa Vistas — Framed Cucurucho
We continue with the more intimate photographs of the Holy Week with this framed portrait of a cucurucho at a shrine set …
Semana Santa Vistas: Cucurucho carrying his daughter in a procession
As I have been showing you each day this week, Semana Santa is a family religious event. It is also a time …
Lenten Vistas — Devoted Couples
Lent and Semana Santa is time to show devotion and love as you can see in the picture above. With this wonderful …
Cucurucho Drummer and Flute Player
The Maya play the drum and rustic flute commonly known as tzicolaj, although some people claim it to be an actual xul. …
Portrait of Father and Son Cucuruchos
The tradition of carrying the processional floats starts at a very early age as you can see here with portrait of a …
Lent Vistas — The Cucurucho and The Cop
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Lent Vistas — The Cucurucho and The Photographer
Cucuruchos and Photographers need to take a few breaks through out the processional route at the tienditas. This is one of the …
Lent Vistas — Street Portrait of Cucurucho
Violet or purple and black are the colours of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes as …
The Cucuruchos and The Drones in Antigua Guatemala
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Cucurucho or cone-head. Cucuruchos are the men who carry the heavy processional floats. What …
Cucurucho’s Look
Here’s one last picture from the Semana Santa. In this case, I got really close to a cucurucho, a teenager really, to …
Slideshow: Holy Week 2012 in Antigua Guatemala
The traditions of Guatemala are kept alive by the faith and fervor of the people and that’s exactly what Nelo wanted to …
Photographing the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
As Nelo have shown to us this week, many photographers are looking for their unique angle on the Holy Week in Antigua …
The Cucurucho Photographers of the Holy Week
As shown at the beginning of the series Holy Week Photographers in Antigua Guatemala, being a cucurucho (carrier) and taking photos of …
Visiting to photograph the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
Visitors are also among the photography crows that follow the processions during the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. You can find all …
Penitence and Photography in Antigua Guatemala
Even though mister Leonel Mijangos, simply Nelo for those us lucky to him, is doing an fantastic job with series Holy Week …
Cucuruchos and Photographers
As shown the other day, many cucuruchos are also photographers, a trend which seems to increase as more people use mobile phone …
Antigua Guatemala Holy Week Photographers
We continue the series Antigua Guatemala Holy Week Photographers with portraits of three photographers, two of them friends and partners in Antigua …
Vistas of Palm Sunday in Antigua Guatemala
Once again, as in previous years, my dear friend and colleague Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos takes the steering wheel of AntiguaDailyPhoto during Semana …
Antigua Holy Week Various Vistas
Sábado de Gloria is a quieter day with only small processions carried by women known as Las Dolorosas (The Grief or Suffering …
Antigua Holy Week Cucuruchos
Cucuruchos with their purple or violet cone-head rebes are another prominent element of Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala. Purple is worn as …
The Cucurucho and The Photographer
Okay, we have a new dialogue game. Those of you who have followed AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while know the rules. This simple …
Holy Week: The Float’s Pilot
Interestingly enough, Erick was commenting yesterday how impressive was to see the massive float make a U-turn as he was watching the …