ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Overnight before the Holy ... with crosses and filled with yellow chrysanthemums and other flowers. “It’s our way to thank God because the whole year we have ...

Worshippers hoist a float with a statue of the Virgin Mary during a Semana Santa procession in Guatemala City. Toj has fond memories of the intricate alfombras, carpets made of flowers ...

Alfombras are works of art made of bright sawdust, leaves, flowers and small offerings. In Antigua Guatemala, Semana Santa celebrations start on Palm Sunday with a parade re-enacting Jesus’s ...

For him and thousands of other residents of this volcano-fringed colonial city, participating in some of Guatemala’s oldest ... chrysanthemums and other flowers. "It’s our way to thank God ...