Luis, a Maya man from Sumpango talks about all his dead family members and the importance of communion with the dead in the Mayan communities. If you would like to capture fantastic photographs of the Day of the Dead festivities? Join this fun and intensive full day photo tour.
Maya man touching up the crosses at his family mausoleum at the cemetery of Sumpango before Day of the Dead. Would you like to capture extraordinary images of the Day of the Dead festivities? Join this fun and exclusive full day photo tour.
All Saints Day and Day of the Dead are the perfect occasion for large family gatherings in Guatemala. Families bring fiambre and other foods to spend time at the graveyards remembering family members who have buried there. Kids and adults fly kites to help the dead reunite with the living. For third consecutive year I … Read more
Experience one of the most amazing, colorful and photogenic traditions and festivals in the world: Day of the Dead and its Giant Kite Festival in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala on Nov. 1st through this intensive photographic exploration around the villages of Santiago Sacatepequez, Sumpango,and the Necropolis of Antigua Guatemala with the guidance of renown … Read more
Even though Day of the Dead is actually observed on November 2nd, and All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1st, we celebrate Día de Muertos on both dates. In Guatemala we celebrate Día de los Difuntos, defunct, Día de Muertos as it is known in other parts of the world or Day of the … Read more