This festival stretches over six weeks and brings thousands together in a Central American country. Here's how this year's colourful and extravagant celebrations unfolded.
Guatemala's customs, music, food and art are the result of a "cultural fusion" between the Catholicism of Spanish conquistadores and the ancestral beliefs of the Indigenous Mayan population, he said.
Catholic faithful participate in the La Resena procession during Holy Week, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Hundreds of devout Catholics packed the centre of Guatemala City to accompany the procession of 'La Resena', a procession with 373 years of history that leaves every Tuesday of Holy Week."The Jesus of Humility has always blessed us... we don't want to lose this tradition that identifies us as Guatemalans," Jose Perez, 44, a restaurant cook, told AFP.
"I feel very satisfied... and I will remain here to be with this devotion," farmer Jorge Pines, 65, told AFP, adding that he had taken part in such processions for the last 40 years.
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