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13 Απρ 2022 · As the first morning light hits the cobblestone streets of Antigua, Guatemala, locals come out of their homes with baskets full of flower petals, palm leaves and dyed sawdust.
6 Απρ 2012 · This week in Guatemala, hundreds of adults and children are staying up all night or waking up early to work on street “ alfombras,” in preparation for Holy Week processions. These special alfombras, the Spanish word for “carpets,” are elaborate street decorations made of colored sawdust, flowers or flower petals, pine needles, sand ...
View Photographer's Profile. Holy Week (Semana Santa) is the biggest festival of the year in Antigua, Guatemala. The events culminate in Good Friday (Viernes Santo) when families and communities work together for hours and hours to make sawdust carpets (alfombras) like the one pictured above.
A unique and visually stunning element of Holy Week in Guatemala is the creation of “alfombras” or carpets. Intricately designed using colored sawdust, flowers, and pine needles, these temporary artworks line the streets, forming a vibrant path for the processions to traverse.
14 Απρ 2022 · During Holy Week, intricate alfombras, carpets made of flowers, sawdust, and other elements adorn many streets, transforming the country into a medley of colors.
Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandad". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.
Semana Santa (Holy Week) is a week-long celebration leading up to Easter Sunday. From baking large amounts of bread to decorating streets with sawdust “carpets”, you won’t find another country that celebrates Semana Santa quite like Guatemala does.
