Det sker i Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala året igennem

Tætpakket — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Christmas and New Year (16. dec. – 1. jan.)

Tætpakket — Lenten processions, Dry season

• Festival

  Lenten processions

  15. feb. – 27. mar. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  Each Sunday of Lent one of the churches walks its own procession, with a velacion in the days before it. Slower and far less crowded than Holy Week, and the town is still yours in the evening. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Lenten processions, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Semana Santa

  29. mar. – 5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Carpets of dyed sawdust are laid through the night and destroyed within minutes by the men carrying the andas over them. The centre closes to traffic, hotels are booked a year out, and Good Friday is when everything converges. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Lenten processions (15. feb. – 27. mar. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Semana Santa, Dry season

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa (29. mar. – 5. apr.), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  Corpus Christi carpets

  21. maj – 27. jun. · normaltReligiøs højtid

  The Corpus Christi procession leaves the churches over streets laid with sawdust and flower carpets, the tradition Holy Week borrowed. Smaller and far less crowded than Semana Santa. Kilde ↗

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Corpus Christi carpets (21. maj – 27. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Feast of Santiago, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Feast of Santiago

  1.–25. jul. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  The city keeps its patron saint through July with processions, concerts and fireworks, building to 25 July, a local holiday when many offices shut. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Canícula, the midsummer dry spell

  1. jul. – 20. aug. · normaltTørsæson

  A few weeks in the middle of the rainy season when the afternoon storms ease off and skies clear, usually from early July into August. Its length varies a lot from year to year. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Canícula, the midsummer dry spell (1. jul. – 20. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14.–15. sep.National helligdagTætpakket

  Torch relays run down the highway from the capital on the night of the 14th and school bands parade the next morning. Firecrackers from dawn, and most of the country is off work. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Month of the Rosary

  1.–31. okt. · normaltReligiøs højtid

  October belongs to the Virgin of the Rosary at Santo Domingo: dawn processions and bells open the month, and her image is carried through the streets on the first Sunday. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Dry season, Giant kites for All Saints

• Sæson

  Dry season

  1. nov. – 30. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  Mornings clear enough to watch Fuego smoke from the plaza, and cobbles dry enough to walk in anything. It is also the busiest half of the year, and the dust off the streets gets into everything.

• Festival

  Giant kites for All Saints

  1. nov.National helligdagTætpakket

  On 1 November the villages half an hour up the road, Sumpango and Santiago Sacatepequez, raise barriletes the height of a house over the cemetery while families eat fiambre among the graves. The buses out go early and full. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Quema del Diablo

  7. dec.Lys & ild

  At six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out. The smoke settles into the valley and stays there most of the night. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  16. dec. – 1. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  Posadas move house to house from 16 December, and Christmas Eve ends in a wall of firecrackers at midnight rather than a quiet mass. Families come up from the capital and fill the hotels. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))