Hva som skjer i Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala gjennom året

Toppsesong — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year (16. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — Lenten processions, Dry season

• Festival

  Lenten processions

  15. feb – 27. mar · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Lenten processions, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lenten processions (15. feb – 27. mar (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Corpus Christi carpets

  21. mai – 27. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  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 ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Corpus Christi carpets (21. mai – 27. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Feast of Santiago, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Feast of Santiago

  1.–25. jul · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  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 ↗

• Sesong

  Canícula, the midsummer dry spell

  1. jul – 20. aug · vanligvisTørrsesong

  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 ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Canícula, the midsummer dry spell (1. jul – 20. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Independence Day, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14.–15. sepNasjonaldagMye folk

  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 ↗

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Month of the Rosary

  1.–31. okt · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Dry season, Giant kites for All Saints

• Sesong

  Dry season

  1. nov – 30. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  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. novNasjonaldagMye folk

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Quema del Diablo

  7. desLys og 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. des – 1. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))