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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Kite Festival

Santiago Sacatepéquez Santiago Sacatepéquez, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala

Celebrated to honour the memory of the departed, it blends together both pre-Hispanic and post-Hispanic cultural elements. Rooted in Latin American Indigenous culture, it emanated from the belief that it was disrespectful to mourn the dead–whose memory was kept alive. According to belief, the souls of the departed visited the members of their community to […]