groundclown
Since 12 May 2007
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 Tue Feb 10, 09 10:59 pm praying to the kite gods: Guatemala |
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Giant Kite Making in Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala November first, Soul's Day.
Orange marigolds and wild daisies adorn the family graves, kites are built up to 15 meters in diameter with the entire community pitching in to help fly them.
A very important festival throughout Guatemala, especially in the predominantly indigenous town of Santiago Sacatepequez. where it is the occasion for a unique kite-flying ritual of Cakchiquel people, integrating the Catholic feast of All Saints with pre-columbian Mayan practices of remembering the ancestors with a Mayan world vision. Messengers in the Wind.
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