Day of the Dead vistas from Guatemala — Mayan kids, kites and flowers
This year as part of my Day of the Dead Photography Workshop I carried an instant camera/printer so I can give prints …
Mayan girls play around a tombstone for All Saints’ Day
Mayan girl Rosa Guadalupe and her siblings play around the family tombstones by throwing into the air “flores de muerto,” marigolds or …
Mayan girl ushers passers-by into a kite shop for All Saints’ Day
Holga, Mayan girl tends and ushers passers-by into a kite shop for All Saints’ Day celebrations in Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Day of …
Day of the Dead Photography Workshop
As part of the Day of the Dead photography workshop on November 1st, we shot two Mayan graveyards one Spanish cemetery; giant …
Giant Kites for All Saints’ Day in Santiago Sacatepequez
Visitors enjoy the giant kites on display at the cemetery of Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, a tradition which dates back more than 119 …
Day of the Dead Is Family Time
In Guatemala Day of the Dead is a celebration that reunites the living with the dead. They say that you’re not dead …
The Giant Kites of Guatemala
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Barriletes for kites. In my humble opinion, Santiago Sacatepequez is the most photogenic location …
Be part of the most photogenic Day of the Dead event in Guatemala
The festival of Barriletes Gigantes of Guatemala takes place in at least three villages of Sacatepequez: Santiago Sacatepequez, the original and most …
Amazing Día de Muertos in Guatemala
Be part of the amazing Day of the Dead Photography Photo Walk in Santiago Sacatepequez with its giant kites festival and a …
All Saints Day Giant Kites Festival at Santiago Sacatepéquez
As some of you may already know, I lead photo walks at three distinct cemeteries on All Saints Day. After a photography …
The Kite Runner
Those of you, who have followed the daily updates of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, would know already how …
Giant Kites of Santiago Sacatepéquez
Here’s another quote taken from the article written by Ignacio Ochoa and published in Revue Magazine about the history of kite making …