san juan chamunal

Photographer: starr banks
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san juan chamunal

a mayan village just north of san cristobal...this church...wow. they kicked the catholic priests out in the 1800´s and have used it for saint worship ever since. inside, the floor is covered in green pine straw and candles. candles and electric flashing lights everywhere...like a carnival. there are like thirty altars devoted to different saints...no chairs, they just kneel on the floor and pray aloud, and offer rum and different sodas and flowers as offerings and burn lots of incense. so otherworldly...an overload for the senses.