cucuruchos

Holy Week Details: Cucurucho Candles Vendor

Purple or violet and black are the colors of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, float bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes …

Here’s another intimate portrait of a cucurucho father and his son on their way to find their spot for their turn to …

Here’s the short story, this grandmother poses on the other side of a procesional carpet, or alfombra in Spanish. A relative is …

After hours of walking and carrying the heavy processional floats, cucuruchos need to hidrate themselves and what better way than with cold …

You know you’re in Antigua Guatemala during the Lent season when you find cucurucho decorations everywhere. Many places also burn copal or …

Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Cucurucho or cone head. Every so often cucuruchos need to refuel so they continue to …

Purple or violet is the color of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes as a sign …

As I mentioned yesterday, there will be Lent and Holy Week celebrations in Antigua Guatemala for a long while. These religious traditions …

The procession of the fifth Sunday of Lent is quite possibly one of the largest processions in Antigua Guatemala. People just refer …

By the end of the 4th Sunday procession which comes out of the village of Santa Ana, Nelo Mijangos had already walked …

The third of Sunday of Lent is the turn for the church of Jocotenango to put the best procession possible and believe, …

The fear of photography is real in Antigua Guatemala. More often I am finding signs which prohibit photography. That’s kind of ironic …

Sábado de Gloria is a quieter day with only small processions carried by women known as Las Dolorosas (The Grief or Suffering …

Cucuruchos with their purple or violet cone-head rebes are another prominent element of Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala. Purple is worn as …

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