Semana Santa

Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala is the commemoration of the passion and death of Christ through the processions carried out by the fraternities of the parishes of the city during the period between the Sabbath of Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday. Throughout those days, the processions make their way through the streets of Antigua Guatemala, and have become one of the most important tourist attractions in Guatemala.

The processional parades of Holy Week, transform the city during that period and are the result of the evolution over centuries of the forms, ways and ways of the brotherhoods, which include among its members people of all social classes. In the evolution of these corporations have influenced multiple factors, both religious and artistic, social and historical.

The processions in Guatemala are characterized by the colorful sawdust carpets that adorn the streets where they are carried on shoulders for periods of up to eighteen hours. The parades are accompanied throughout the tour by musical orchestras that perform funeral or festive marches composed by national artists in their majority.