Happy All Saints Day!!

My blogger & agency pal Steph posted a great description of the day...

"Today is one of Guatemala's most important holidays, All Saints Day (sometimes called Day of the Dead here). It is marked by processions and festivals mixing both Mayan and Catholic traditions. Most activities take place in the cemeteries, where people decorate grave sites and celebrate their dead. The village of Santiago Sacatepequez, less than an hour from the capital, has an incredible tradition of flying elaborate kites. At the village cemetery, locals fly huge brilliantly colored kites, representing souls rising to heaven. These are not your every day kites. They are very carefully constructed with cloth, ribbons, and various traditional Mayan and Catholic symbols. Notes are attached to the strings of the kites and carry messages to the dead and to God."

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Jen