High-angle view over the Holy Tuesday Procession leaving the chapel El Calvario near Antigua during Holy Week 2017, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Good Friday procession approaching a sawdust carpet during Holy Week 2017 in Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Good Friday procession in the streets of Antigua during Holy Week 2017, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Men in purple robes carrying huge float on one of the famous Easter processions, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Procession at the fourth weekend of Lent 2017 in Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Participants of the Holy Saturday procession waiting in front of the San Felipe de Jesus Church near Antigua, Guatemala, Central America *** Local Caption *** Participants of the Holy Saturday procession waiting in front of the San Felipe de Jesus Church near Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Penitents and street rug, La Merced, Good Friday of Easter Week, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

View from above of Christ's coffin in Good Friday procession, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Carpet of plants and flowers being laid on a street for one of the Easter processions, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Maximon cult, Santiago Atitlan, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Guatemala, Central America

Santiago Atitlan, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Weaving, Santa Catarina Palopo, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Guatemala murals depicting mayan way of life, san juan la laguna.

Sunday market, Chichicastenango, Guatemala

San Martin fiesta, San Martin Sacatepeaquez, Guatemala, Central America

Textile, San Antonio Aguas Calientes (Antigua), Guatemala, Central America

Guatemala catholic church meeting. women praying, chajul, el quiche

Quicheas Indians cemetery, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America

Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America. Processions of Festival of Santo Thomas. On Easter Sunday The Comrades (Council Men) Carry The Andas (Floats) Of The Saints In Procession From The Santo Tomas

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Comparsa. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America. Typical women hats during Holy Week processions.

Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America. Processions of Festival of Santo Thomas. On Easter Sunday The Comrades (Council Men) Carry The Andas (Floats) Of The Saints In Procession From The Santo Tomas

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Shrine of El Maximon in Santiago De Atitlan, Guatemala. Maximon saint/devil is one of the strongest remnants of the Mayan faith

Chicken bus, Guatemala to Quiche, Chichicastenango, Central America, Guatemala. Typical colorful and decorated bus

Tikal, Mayan ruins, view from Temple II toward Temple I, Temple of the Giant Jaguar, and the Gran Plaza, Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Central America

Maya ruins, Tikal, view of Temple I, Yucatan, Guatemala, Central America

During the Catholic celebrations leading to holy week, the religious perform ceremonies dressed in purple robes in Guatemala.