Palm Sunday Processions in Antigua Guatemala
We kick start the Semana Santa with the procession of Jesús Nazareno of La Merced around 9am this Palm Sunday morning. Below …
There will be blood… in Antigua Guatemala
I remember having read in Gandhi’s autobiography that truth was not absolute, rather more like multi-faceted diamond; meaning truth had many points …
Posada Nights in Antigua Guatemala
Since the night of December 15, there have been sightings of Joseph and Mary’s quest for shelter around the streets of La …
Slidshow & Time-lapse Video of 32th Medio Maratón Las Rosas
As every Sunday before July 25th, Santiago Apóstol (Saint James Apostle) patron saint for our enchanting colonial city
Central America’s EDITUS live in Antigua Guatemala on International Jazz Day
One of the best representatives of the jazz in Central America, Editus, had a show tonight in Finca Filadelfia on International Jazz …
The Most Typical Guatemalan Morral (Satchel)
The satchel shown above has to be most typical and the most often found Guatemalan morral. You can find this kind of …
Nine Days of Posadas
We interrupt our regularly scheduled December comfort foods series to bring you the following special bulletin. Since yesterday night, December 15, there …
Chirimilla Flute and Drums from Guatemala
How can simple instruments and uncomplicated and repetitive sounds create a profound, hauntingly, bewitching and fascinating musical experience? How can Guatemalans explain …
Feast of the Cross
Día de la Santa Cruz (Day of the Holy Cross) is celebrated in Guatemala and other Latin American countries on May 3rd …
Holy Week Precessional Music
The Holy Week in Guatemala is a full five senses overwhelming experience. As you follow the processions all five senses are bombarded …
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 …
The Ice Cream Men Are Always Ready!
It doesn’t matter what kind of meeting it is, the ice cream men and their carts are always ready to sell you …
Play it with Pride (Part II)
Play it and wear it with pride, I am sure, is the advice this father tells his sons. Did I mention resilience …
Play it with Pride (Part I)
Regardless of how I may feel about the marimba, this instrument and its waling sound are very important to Guatemalans all over. …
Wear It With Pride (Part 1)
Last week, as we watch the delegations parade at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Inauguration, I was thinking how wonderful it was to …
The Violinist’s Favorite Song
Ranchero music is for Latin America what the Blues is for the U.S.: music with just enough texture and color to express …
Día de la Santa Cruz y el Albañil
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
Healthy Lunch: Chef Salad and The New Yorker
Every once in a while is good to stop eating Guatemalan food and eat something healthy, like a chef salad from La Fuente restaurant. A salad and the New Yorker Magazine is what I consider a healthy lunch. The article about an unknown photographer by the name of Eugene De Salignac and his photo of painters spreading out like musical notes, on the Brooklyn Bridge, over the sky line of New York, was most definitely the best dessert I have had in a long while.