These pictures are still from my time in Antigua. The first is from one of the many famous processions during Semana Santa (Holy Week), everyone involved in the procession was wearing these purple costumes and the incense literally filled the city, they also carried these heavy wooden altars while somber music played. The second is of a typical architectural style of lamp of Atingua overlooks Parque Central, where I loved to spend time and people watch. The third is of the Merced Church on Palm Sunday, I lived only a block from this church. And the last is a typical alfombra or rug, made of dyed sawdust and fruits, vegetables, and bread which are given as offerings. The typical alfombra takes as much as 8 hours to make and they are swept up or the procession stomps all over the rug so all that time spent making it of course, takes no time to destroy. But it is clearly a religious ritual.
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