It is one of the most important season and celebrations during the year. Easter is the commemoration of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection and there are solemn processions in the city and all Guatemalan territory, specially Antigua Guatemala. There are a lot of generations who keep doing this particular tradition, elaborating colored sawdust carpets on the streets, outside their houses, giving the processions reverence when they pass on them. The processions are floats carried by church members’ shoulders, joined with clouds of incense, and church musicians playing mournful dirges. Processions started from Monday to Sunday, all the week. We also wrote about this in Easter in Guatemala.
For a better idea of the traditions, check the following timelapse video of the procession of Jesús Nazareno del Calvario in Guatemala City:
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