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Coiling Baskets

June 1, 2012 Kathryn Rousso One comment

Weaving in the present with fibers of the past

Category: Artesanía, Culture, traditions Tags: Agua Zarco Abajo, Agua Zarco Arriba, AMASAJA, Asociacion de Mujeres Artesana de San Jacinto, Chiquimula, Coiling Baskets, Esquipulas, full-image, Guate, San Jacinto, San Jacinto baskets

Folklore and Fiestas in Jocotán

April 16, 2012 Kathryn Rousso Leave a comment

The procession includes a ritual for a good harvest (photo: Hugo Peña Montes Ramirez)

This year the folkloric festival is celebrated April 26-28 and the feria is July 21-25

Category: Celebrations, Culture, Festivals, Travel Destinations Tags: Ch’orti’, Chiquimula, full-image, Guate, Hugo Peña Montes Ramirez, Jocotán, Katu Suchij

Face to Face with El Cristo Negro

January 12, 2012 Jason Kennedy One comment

The 1595 original now stands behind glass

The most important day at the Basilica of Esquipulas is January 15, when many thousands of pilgrims flock from all over Latin America. Ask most Guatemaltecos what is in Chiquimula and you will invariably receive the reply: “El Cristo Negro,” often followed by, “That is all there is in Chiquimula …” Undaunted by such disparaging remarks and the prospect of […]

Category: Central America Travel, Culture, Guatemala, traditions Tags: Basilica of Esquipulas, Black Christ, Chiquimula, Cristo Negro, Esquipulas, January 15

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Coiling Baskets

Folklore and Fiestas in Jocotán

Face to Face with El Cristo Negro