Lent and Holy Week are an equal opportunity events where everyone gets a chance to participate and carry the floats. Hermanas cargadoras, sometimes referred to as Dolorosas, children and Cucuruchos, or hermanos cargadores, of course. But Also the Roman soldier get a chance to carry the float or anda as it is called here. In … Read more
With this picture of the dolorosas or hermanas cargadoras, the women who carry the smaller floats of the Virgin Mary or other virgins for the matter, we conclude our coverage of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through all the photos, posts and multimedia content found in the archives about … Read more
With this selection of the hermanas cargadoras, the women who carry the smaller floats of the Virgin Mary or other virgins for the matter we conclude our coverage of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Our gratitude and huge round of applause goes to Nelo Mijangos who goes the extra mile, literally, to bring … Read more