
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 …
Here’s a vista of the Jesús Nazareno float from Iglesia de La Merced on Palm Sunday as it made its way through …
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 …
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 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 always wondered where do Roman soldiers and cucuruchos [coneheads] refuel for the tremendous amount of energy required to do a full …
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 …
It is such impressive vista these massive floats, andas in Spanish, being carried by 80 to 100 cucuruchos through the different streets …
As I’ve said before, the creation of precessional carpets from sawdust, fruit and vegetables, pine-needles, flowers, etc. is a community-forming tradition. The …
As I have said before, the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala is an equal opportunity celebration. Sure, cucuruchos take the majority of …
Another typical vista of the Holy Week is all the street food stands around town. I mean almost everywhere you walk you …
Once again it is Domingo de Ramos, or Palm Sunday, in Antigua Guatemala. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Semana Santa …
Here’s your Holy Week Spanish word for the day: Timonel The timonel is the person at the front of the processional float …
As I walked the streets of the Antigua Guatemala villages I noticed the neighbours sweeping aways the carpets from Palm Sunday since …
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 …
In many places of Guatemala on Holy Saturday an effigy of Judas Iscariote is burned. For those who don’t know who Juda …
As I have mentioned before, Lent and Semana Santa is an equal-opportunity tradition. As you can see here, even little girls get …