In Chichicastenango, Semana Santa (Holy Week) is a very big deal. Throughout the week, they close and decorate roads with "rugs" made of flower petals, and there are many processions carrying statues of saints through town at various times. We mostly try to stay home that week, since getting anywhere in town is so complicated! There is also a tradition here of all the bakeries making "Easter bread," which are large sweet rolls to be eaten with honey. Our neighbors from the house you can see behind us in the video, William and Mercedes (probably in their upper 20s), brought us a gift of this bread! It was indeed delicious!
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| Our dog Lucy followed me around, smelling the sweet bread! |
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| They are the size of my hand! |