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In Spain, the Nuestra Señora de los Dolores procession with a statue of Our Lady is held on the Viernes de los Dolores (Friday of Sorrows) on the Friday before Palm Sunday, with a fair featuring local cuisine. [7] In Portugal, one of the best-known celebrations is the procession of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, in Mafra. [8]
Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandad". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ , or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.
Yo Que Sí, y Tú Que No; Déjala Tranquila; La Pago Yo o la Paga Ella; Carita de Santo; La Desflorada; Sígueme; Por Mi Madre Que Yo No Fui (1980) La Esperaré Bebiendo; No la Quiero Ver con Otro; Vine a Buscarte Morena; El Trago de Olvidar; Sígueme; Déjala Tranquila; Yo Que Si, y Tú Que No; La Mujer Que Me Comprende; Por Mi Madre Que Yo No ...
San Bartolo is a small pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in the Department of Petén in northern Guatemala, northeast of Tikal and roughly fifty miles from the nearest settlement. [1] San Bartolo's fame derives from its splendid Late-Preclassic mural paintings still heavily influenced by Olmec tradition and from examples of early ...
Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) September 15 Independence Day: Día de la Independencia: Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America in 1821. October 20 Revolution Day: Día de la Revolución: Celebrates the "Ten Years of Spring," the democratic period that began with the uprising against Jorge Ubico in 1944 ...
Maximón (/ ˌ m æ ʃ ɪ ˈ m oʊ n,-ˈ m ɒ n /), also called San Simón, is a Maya deity, narco-saint, and folk saint, represented in various forms by the Maya peoples of several towns in the Guatemalan Highlands.
Interior of Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro in Vilaflor, Tenerife. In 1649, at age 23, Betancourt was freed from his period of indenture and decided to follow his brother to New Spain. He sailed to Guatemala, [3] the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala, in hopes of connecting with a relative engaged in government service.
La Muerta is a Maya archaeological site in the northern Petén region of Guatemala, located between the sites of El Mirador and El Tintal. [1] It is located on a promontory 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of the El Tigre complex of El Mirador, and it is considered a satellite of that city. [ 2 ]