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This particular custom consists of running in front of a charging bull that has a life size Judas rag doll strapped on as a rider.

Whole families take their offerings to the volcano where according to Maya Mam legend is where the clouds are born.

Marking Catholics with the ashes of the burned branches of the previous Palm Sunday became a common sign of the beginning of Lent.

In the town of Chocolá, located in Suchitepéquez, Thursday and Good Friday feature huge skirmish between of “Judíos” and a group Centurions

The Pan Dulce, you can enjoy it with just about any sweet hot beverage.

Semana Santa in Guatemala, the Holy Week leading up to Easter, is unarguably one of Central America’s most well-known celebrations.

On Wednesday, the cofradía, will carry Maximón to the church in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, a fusion of indigenous and Catholi

As the sun rises above the horizon, groups prepare their kites for the flight over a mountainside in Sumpango Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.

Every October 28, there’s a birthday party for San Simón in the highlands of Guatemala.

In Santiago Atitlán, for a small group of men and women who represent the cofradía, Palm Sunday is already in full swing.

Members of the LGBT community participated this past Saturday in a parade through the streets of Zone 4 and Zone 1 of Guatemala City.

Every year, without fail, the neighbours of Barrio Concepción in La Antigua Guatemala burn the devil to a crisp.

The town of Patzún, recently held their Corpus Christi celebrations, commemorating the reality of the body and blood of Christ during the

In this dance, the leader of the “Mexicans” dances with his wife to the sound of a Marimba while the rest of the group dances around them.

Friday of Sorrows marks the end of Lent. In La Antigua Guatemala, a small procession for kids takes off from the Cathedral.

From the government to the church, the University will protest everything about anything that they perceive to be wrong with this country.

The procession begins when a man playing Judas announces its commencement. a donkey-riding Jesus impersonation rides through the crowd

For the syncretic Maya-Catholic cofradía tradition prevalent in many indigenous communities of Guatemala like Santiago Atitlán.

Every year, the town of San Felipe de Jesus holds a procession without a float. Early on Sunday, a nameless donkey is brought to the town.

October 28, the day of the Feast of St. Simon the Zealot and St. Jude Thaddeus, is an important day at the Temple for those who follow the s