Dad’s time in Central America is coming to a close as we spend Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Antigua, along with everyone else in the country. This is the busiest week of the year for Latin America and Antigua is the heart of the action. The town is alive with hundreds of people dressed in purple robes, massive parades, floats depicting Christ’s Crucifixion, clouds of incense, and beautiful carpets of colored sawdust and flower petals (Alfombras). Processions and other events actually take place every weekend through Lent (The 40-day period prior to Holy Week), but the ones during Holy Week can't even be compared. Good Friday is the peak of the festival with enactments of the Crucifixion in the Parque Central, floats of Jesus bearing the cross, the Virgin Mary, and numerous Roman soldiers on foot
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