!!!Remembrance Day in Guatemala Like in most countries November 1 is dedicated to the memory of all beloved ones who are not alive any more. This is also true in Gutaemala: Cemetries and graves are decorated with flowers, and are visited with small gifts from those still alive. (First two pictures) Yet there is also another component: an attempt to contact the souls in the sky by flying a huge number of kites of all shapes, colours, designs, and sizes...some 10 m large! It is a true spectacle yet you better keep your head up all the time to see if one of the kites comes down inadvertantently on you! And afterwards there is a festival of huge dimensions.... All Photos: Hermann Maurer 2011. All pictures can be used freely if mentioned as "Foto: H. Maurer in austria-forum.org" %%center [{Image src='G080.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='380'}] [{Image src='G090.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='298'}] [{Image src='G100.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='362'}] [{Image src='G110.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='352'}] [{Image src='G120.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='341'}] [{Image src='G130.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='354'}] [{Image src='G140.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}] [{Image src='G150.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}] [{Image src='G160.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='334'}] [{Image src='G170.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='270'}] [{Image src='G180.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='242'}] [{Image src='G190.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='349'}] [{Image src='G200.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='366'}] [{Image src='G210.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='370'}] [{Image src='G220.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='285'}] [{Image src='G230.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='351'}] [{Image src='G240.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='396'}] [{Image src='G250.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='291'}] [{Image src='G260.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='310'}] [{Image src='G270.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='304'}] [{Image src='G280.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='342'}] [{Image src='G290.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='237'}] [{Image src='G300.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='315'}] [{Image src='G310.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='338'}] [{Image src='G320.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='357'}] [{Image src='G330.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='328'}] [{Image src='G340.jpg' caption='' alt='Remembrance Day in Guatemala' class='image_block' height='250' width='343'}] %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff=' ' Kontrolle='Nein'}]