På gång i Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala under året

Mest folk — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year (16 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — Lenten processions, Dry season

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  Lenten processions

  15 feb – 27 mar · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Lenten processions, Semana Santa

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  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lenten processions (15 feb – 27 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Dry season

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

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  Corpus Christi carpets

  21 maj – 27 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Corpus Christi carpets (21 maj – 27 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Feast of Santiago, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Feast of Santiago

  1–25 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

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

• Säsong

  Canícula, the midsummer dry spell

  1 jul – 20 aug · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Canícula, the midsummer dry spell (1 jul – 20 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Independence Day, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Independence Day

  14–15 sepNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

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  Month of the Rosary

  1–31 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Dry season, Giant kites for All Saints

• Säsong

  Dry season

  1 nov – 30 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  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.

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  Giant kites for All Saints

  1 novNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

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  Quema del Diablo

  7 decLjus & eld

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  16 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (vanligtvis))