Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

Topdrukte — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (16 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — Lenten processions, Dry season

• Festival

  Lenten processions

  15 feb – 27 mrt · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Lenten processions, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Semana Santa

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lenten processions (15 feb – 27 mrt (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Dry season

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (29 mrt – 5 apr), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Corpus Christi carpets

  21 mei – 27 jun · meestalReligieus feest

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Corpus Christi carpets (21 mei – 27 jun (meestal))

Druk — Feast of Santiago, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Feast of Santiago

  1–25 jul · meestalReligieus feestDruk

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

• Seizoen

  Canícula, the midsummer dry spell

  1 jul – 20 aug · meestalDroog seizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Canícula, the midsummer dry spell (1 jul – 20 aug (meestal))

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14–15 sepNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  Month of the Rosary

  1–31 okt · meestalReligieus feest

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Dry season, Giant kites for All Saints

• Seizoen

  Dry season

  1 nov – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  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 novNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Quema del Diablo

  7 decLicht & vuur

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  16 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))