Holy Week Vistas

The Last Semana Santa Vistas — Final Touches of a Processional Carpet

We say our goodbyes with this image of the final touches put on one of the most complex and colorful carpets made …

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

We continue with the more intimate photographs of the Holy Week with this framed portrait of a cucurucho at a shrine set …

This intimate photograph of a mother and her cucuruchito son was captured as they waited for the La Merced procession on Good …

The passion and devotion that goes into making the processional carpets is incredible. Often we only mention how long it takes to …

Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala gives everyone a chance to participate. Even the children get their procession. One for boys and another …

One of the most important lessons we can take from experiencing the Holy Week in Guatemala is the many different ways of …

Some of the more intricate and complex designs of alfombras, carpets, can take as long as 12 hours. Such was the case …

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

The Palm Sunday procession kicks off the Holy Week 2017. The Jesús Nazareno “La Reseña” and Santísima Virgen de Dolores procession leaves …

The Holy Week is almost over. I have a few dozen photographs such as this one in my archives now. Tomorrow, Domingo …

Good Friday, good vibes. That’s how I can summarize the sensations most people feel while spending a few hours during the Good …

I don’t know how it happened, but nowadays many cucuruchos, the cone head float carriers, are also carrying cameras to photograph the …

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

It is such impressive vista these massive floats, andas in Spanish, being carried by 80 to 100 cucuruchos through the different streets …