Greetings from Antigua….wish you were here! Photo taken in Antigua, Guatemala March 2012.  Many Spanish festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, “Giants and Big-Heads”. The main feature of these figures is typically their papier macho head; bodies are covered in clothing matching the costume’s theme. (Wikipedia). I saw my first colorful, festive gigantes in Antigua standing calmly in the sun outside a church.  Their gorgeous colors reflected the brilliantly, colorful time of year, Semana Santa.   Gigantes are used […]

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