| Starting from: | From $125 per personper person |
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| Duration: | Day Trip |
| Languages: | English / Spanish |
| Starts at: | Columbus Guatemala Travel Office |
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Chichicastenango or Chichi as its call by locals, is the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Quichés one of the 23 ethnic groups in Guatemala, celebrates its Patron’s Day on December 21st and their culture expresion is extreamly joyful with colors, music and a huge community that has performance over generations their cosmos vision.
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Technical Stop, TecpánWe will depart Antigua at 07:45am and along our drive we will have a technical stop for you to not only straight your legs but also to enjoy a little of local gastronomy and culture, we will try tortillas with fried beans. We will be right halfway so we can guarantee your comfort. |
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Chichicastenango CemeteryOur introduction to local life we will start by visiting the cemetery where lot of real mayan ceremonies specially for the most relevant day since Santo Tomás or Saint Thomas is Chichicastenango's Patron Day. |
Chichicastenango or Chichi as its call by locals, is the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Quichés one of the 23 ethnic groups in Guatemala, known for its cultural richness and practice of many artisanal processes that keep alive their traditions. It is also known as “The Mecca of the Mayas” since the Popol Vuh: the sacred book of the Maya was discovered burried in its Spiritual Tample, where the Church of Santo Tomás was later built.
This is why the patron of Chichicastenango is Santo Tomás/Saint Thomas, December 21st offers the biggest festival, celebration in honor to its Patron and between its main attractions you will experience stories that have been teached generation to generation through traditional dancings, some ancestral believes as ceremonies and Cultural activities.
You can expect colorful and bright costumes that are used in the traditional dances, we love interpreting these as a colloquial theater performance, millennial musical instruments, lot of food and joy.
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