Holy Week processions in Guatemala

Holy Week in Guatemala

Sawdust carpet in Antigua Guatemala. In the background, Volcán de Agua.

Jesús de los Milagros procession, San José Church, Palm Sunday in Guatemala City

Sawdust carpet in Antigua Guatemala with Maya motives.

Live crucifixion representation in Livingston, Izabal

Virgen Dolorosa in her Good Friday procession.

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.

Guatemala is particularly known for alfombras, or temporary carpets made of colored sawdust and flowers, along the processional routes.^[1][2][3]