
Close-up Detail of a Processional Carpet
Under normal circumstances, we would be experiencing one of the most photogenic cultural and religious events in the world: The Holy Week …
Under normal circumstances, we would be experiencing one of the most photogenic cultural and religious events in the world: The Holy Week …
2020 will be remembered as the quiet year; a year without processions; a year without massive events; a year without crowds. Yet …
Domingo de Resurrección [Easter Sunday] is the last day of Semana Santa [Holy Week]; thus on Monday the lenten decorations that adorn …
I can’t believe it was last Sunday, Resurrection Sunday or Easter Sunday when we had the last procession of Cuaresma and Semana …
Can you believe that everyday this week I shared with you images of Semana Santa and except for a section of float …
Before we wave goodbye to the Semana Santa coverage, how about a couple of pictures of details such as this carpets with …
As I have been showing you each day this week, Semana Santa is a family religious event. It is also a time …
Cucuruchos learn the process from very early age, many of them as babies dress up and are carried by fathers and mothers …
As I have been saying the last few days, Semana Santa is a week of family time. Every member of the family …
Entire families enjoy the processions of Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala. Often the entire family participate in different activities from making carpets, …
The traditions of Antigua Guatemala are passed on to a new generation that would keep them alive. The elaboration of processional carpets …
We kick start the Semana Santa with the procession of Jesús Nazareno of La Merced around 9am this Palm Sunday morning. Below …
Domingo de resurrección or Easter Sunday marks the end of the Holy Week. We wave goodbye to the processions, the carpets and …
The Processional Marching Bands provide the sonorous aspect of Lent and Holy Week processions with the sorrowful notes. The music touches every …
Lent is also use to prepare and put the final touches on the floats and imagery used during the Holy week. The …
Every Sunday of Lent I am leading some very special photo walks, from 2pm to 5pm, and during the Holy Week, from …
We wave good-bye to Semana Santa 2016 with the most emblematic image found during the Holy Week: The Selfie. As every year, …
The Holy Week is almost over. I have a few dozen photographs such as this one in my archives now. Tomorrow, Domingo …
I always wondered where do Roman soldiers and cucuruchos [coneheads] refuel for the tremendous amount of energy required to do a full …
Here’s the exit of La Reseña procession from Iglesia de La Merced in Antigua Guatemala. On Palm Sunday one of the most …
As I mentioned yesterday, Lent and Holy Week are an equal-opportunity events where everyone can participate, including little boys and girls barely …
Here’s one last picture from the Semana Santa. In this case, I got really close to a cucurucho, a teenager really, to …
The Holy Week Is Officially Over! Yes, it’s official, the Semana Santa is over. Now, it is time to ponder over the …
I don’t know how it happened, but nowadays many cucuruchos, the cone head float carriers, are also carrying cameras to photograph the …
As I have said before, the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala is an equal opportunity celebration. Sure, cucuruchos take the majority of …
As every Sunday during Lent, Antigua Guatemala gets dress of purple, the color of penitence and the streets become crowded with cucuruchos …
As I explained with the corozo palm aroma, I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video …
With this selection of the hermanas cargadoras, the women who carry the smaller floats of the Virgin Mary or other virgins for …
Velaciones, vigils, are a very important tradition during Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Velaciones are altars or shrines made for …
As I have mentioned before, Lent and Semana Santa is an equal-opportunity tradition. As you can see here, even little girls get …