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Architectonic details from Antigua Guatemala

Guatemala’s flag flying over the Catholic Kings emblem at Real Palacio de La Cultura.

It’s Guatemalan Flag Season

Guatemala’s Independence Day is observed on September 15th and since we celebrate the entire month September becomes into the Guatemalan flag season. …

September Days are Flag Days

As I have explained in previous years, during the first two weeks of September, you can find street vendors selling all kinds …

Celebrating Independence Day in Guatemala

This portrait of a Guatemalan man wearing the flag of Guatemala on his face was taken within two feet from him at …

Free into the wind, your beautiful flag

Here’s Guatemala’s National Anthem in English in case you want sing along next time you hear it. Happy Guatemala, may your altar …

Spanish Crown Emblem and Guatemalan Flag

Yesterday I read in on one of the social media networks that Guatemala is a country aspiring to enter the 21st Century, …

Café Barista Uniform with Guatemalan Flag

Even the uniforms of Café Barista are sporting the Guatemalan flag. I am not sure if this is something the uniforms always …

Perpetuating A Nation

Guatemalans are not known for being patriotic; yeah Guatever! Nevertheless, we do have our patriotic symbols like El Quetzal, our most beautiful …

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Maya is a civilization really preoccupied with the unbearable lightness of being and masochistic on top of it all by keeping a long count which shows how insignificant we really are. We humans, however, we really muddle ourselves with all kinds of fixations, preoccupations and obsessions like dates.