Hours to make and seconds to destroy, Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of love in Guatemala

Each Holy Week, thousands of residents of the colonial, volcano-fringed city of Antigua participate in some of Guatemala’s oldest and most popular Easter traditions.

By: WDIV ClickOnDetroit

May 20 2024
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Members of the Alvarez family add the finishing touches to their sawdust carpet in preparation for a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) ANTIGUA – Overnight before the Holy Week proce... [6494 chars]

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