The fourth Sunday of Lent is the turn for the Santa Ana Procession to serpent through the streets of Antigua Guatemala and Santa Ana village. Here’s a vista of the men processional float as it made its way through Calle del Arco. Would you like to see more photos and posts from Lent? Be part … Read more
During one of our special Lenten photo walks we came across this pack of dogs roaming freely in the middle of the processional route, with the Roman soldiers guarding each side. It was such humorous vista, I knew I had to share with you guys the moment I clicked the shutter release. I will share … Read more
Can you believe that everyday this week I shared with you images of Semana Santa and except for a section of float in the portrait a cucurucho carrying his daughter, I actually never showed you a procession. Well, Domingo de Resurección, Easter Sunday, is the last day of the Semana Santa, so might as well … Read more
Thanks to the Special Lent Photo Walks I am leading on Sundays during Cuaresma and Semana Santa I am able to bring you the coverage of processions and everything else I come across. For instance, this time I am sharing two small video clips recorded near Iglesia La Merced that shows you the cadence and … Read more
On Good Monday, from the finca “La Chacra” comes out the procession of Jesús Nazareno del Santo Viacrucis. This is a small procession, thus, it can go in and out of alley ways and streets that normally don’t see a procession. For these photographs, I am experimenting with long exposure times to see at what … Read more
Here’s the exit of La Reseña procession from Iglesia de La Merced in Antigua Guatemala. On Palm Sunday one of the most important processions leads its way for many hours through the streets of Antigua Guatemala. This procession is known as “La Reseña” of “The Revue” as it’s an overview of the life of Jesus … Read more
Lent processions are for everyone, men, women, boys and girls. Some processions have floats for everybody, but other times the processional floats are only for the children as in this case. I guess this is how keep the tradition alive, right?
As I mentioned last weekend, the village of Santa Catalina Bobadilla had an early start with its vigil on Saturday, instead of the traditional Ash Wednesday. Well, as it is the tradition in Antigua Guatemala on each week of Lent, a vigil on Wednesday and a procession on Sunday. Here’s the quick look at the … Read more
It is such impressive vista these massive floats, andas in Spanish, being carried by 80 to 100 cucuruchos through the different streets of Antigua Guatemala. At least once in your lifetime you must come to Antigua Guatemala to see the massive and numerous processions during the Holy Week or Semana Santa as it’s known in … Read more
Here’s your Holy Week Spanish word for the day: Timonel The timonel is the person at the front of the processional float that steers the float on one direction or another. In Spanish the word for timón means steering wheel. As we can see in the picture, the timonel basically pushes to the left or … Read more
As I have mentioned before, Lent and Semana Santa is an equal-opportunity tradition. As you can see here, even little girls get a chance to carry a float, small, but still their float. By the way, the male carriers are called cucuruchos and the female carriers are known as hermanas cargadoras. I call the little … Read more
The second Sunday of Lent is the turn for the village of Santa Inés del Monte Pulciano. It is at this processional float when many cucuruchos from Guatemala City make their first appearance. For this procession, Nelo Mijangos took 752 photos and “only” walked 19.4 kilometers or 12 miles. You can see his route on … Read more
Beginning with the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday, there are processions each Sunday of Lent and the first procession comes out the village of Santa Catarina Bobadilla. Make sure you click on the images to look at a larger version to really appreciate all the details. Each day this week, Nelo will share his most … Read more
Today’s Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) which means we are at the commencement of the world-famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. We carry on our series Antigua Lent Processions thanks to the wonderful imagery of our friend and collaborator Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos who has taken to the task to document every Lent procession in La … Read more
The San Bartolo procession is among the biggest from the Antigua Lent Processions series. In fact, I remember publishing in previous years that San Bartolo and San Felipe procession were the biggest of all the procession in Guatemala. So, I will split the all the photos in two days. When we started the Antigua Lent … Read more