Photo Essay- Semana Santa in Guatemala
It’s been two years since I first visited Guatemala. Just as it was then, it must be now in the throes of Semana Santa, a festival that holds prime importance in the lives of Mayan Christians. With a history complete with blood and gore, when Christianity was forced upon the Mayans, they made it their own- adopting bits of it that aligned with their philosophies, and marrying it with their own brand of black magic and shamanism. Read our blog post on Maximón– who we called Gu