Chichicastenango

This post on Neatorama featured a photo of an amazing cemetery in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

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We certainly do not handle death quite so colorfully in this country. The photo prompted me to fire up google images. Chichicastenango does indeed seem to be a place of wondrously bright colors.

Masks…
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Textiles…
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Even the discarded remains of handcrafted artifacts (look at the eyelashes on Jesus!)…
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Not surprisingly, the area contains what has been called the most colorful market in the Americas.

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