The special Lent and Holy Week photo walks are a fun way to make great up-close photographs of people, all kinds of people, from cucuruchos to dolorosas, from vendors and onlookers, from musicians to carpets makers. Here are three street portraits of cucuruchos to give you a taste of it. If you are already or … Read more
Cucuruchos and Photographers need to take a few breaks through out the processional route at the tienditas. This is one of the typical vistas during Lent processions. You also find Roman soldiers and Dolorosas as well.
The processional carpets not only provide beautiful ephemeral art to the eye, often, they also give us the aromas of Lent and the Holy Week with pine needles, corozo palms, flowers and fruits. Of course, the original purpose of the alfombras procesionales, as we call them in Spanish, is as an offering.
Lent is also use to prepare and put the final touches on the floats and imagery used during the Holy week. The same can be said of the repairs made to the cobblestoned streets and the paint jobs applied to the façades of houses and churches.
As I have mention before, do not underestimate the power of catholic imagery. You see, the world-famous Antigua Guatemala processions are about showing the devoted images as a reminder and representation of the crucifixion of Jesus. In colonial times, when the citizens of Santiago de Guatemala, now Antigua Guatemala, refused to move to the new … Read more
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
