Procession Season has begun in Antigua

With the beginning of  Lent, the procession season began in Antigua. Many, many, many churches have processions throughout Antigua and we were "lucky" enough to happen upon one. During the processions people carry huge floats representing different aspects of Christianity. But the real art to the procession season is on the ground, where people build alfombras (Spanish for carpets). They spend hours and hours building these to then have them trampled upon by the procession. The wildly colored ones are made from colored sawdust.  This street, just outside our favorite breakfast location, was being filled with Alfombraas. Of course, having the police close the only road to and from Guatemala City so the procession could proceed ranks up there with any hugely bad idea. Traffic was backed up for almost 25 kms, with no place to go.

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