Guatemalans Lay Street Carpet For Easter Procession Editorial Image

Guatemala, Sacatepequez department, city Antigua: Semana Santa, Holy Week or Easter Week begins in the tourist resort Antigua already on Palm Sunday a week before Easter. For the procession lay people floral rugs or street carpets street on the street. Making a flower carpet, street carpet, is labor intensive and often people work all day. Some carpets are made of colorful sawdust, as this carpet with elephants and a picture of Jesus Christ. With shapes women make the figures and a male wet the wood sawdust with a water sprinkler. There are a lot of spectators, both natives as well as tourists. Religious artwork.