Saturday, April 11, 2009

Good Friday


Good Friday is crazy in Atitlán. The streets get covered with alfombras which are made from sawdust, colored sand, coffee beans, pine needles, flowers, etc. From 3 pm until 6 am there's a procession. There's loud music until 2 am, which picks up again at 6am. The drunks are pretty drunk. Much of the town, being evangelical, doesn't drink.

Geneen worked last night. Lots of injuries. Drunks with head wounds, a machete laceration, some new births,... Below is a picture of the Hospitalito:

2 comments:

  1. Wow, that is one fancy alfombra.

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  2. It's the Evangelics shadow cleansing... Subtle Machete assassinations *OOooOO* Sorry that isn't a laughing matter. I hope Mom doesn't get an ill stomache from repairing the wounded from the gang wars.

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