Day of the City....Día de Ciudad de Guatemala.

This past week the City of Guatemala celebrated Day of the City.  There was a carnival that lasted all week and by Friday there were processionals and parades of various sorts. I wrote an article for Sala De Prensa Mormona Guatemala and posted Tuesday the 12th.  The following is the post that I translated via google translate to English from Spanish. Also pictures that I took of the fair festivities,

 Arial view of the fair from the Newspapers

 This is a must see.  Guatemala is loaded with volcanos...only a few active.

 Many sweets...dulces

 Rides for the kids

 Banner at the front of the fair grounds.  

On August 15 is celebrated the patronal day Guatemala City. Its official name is La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción name which was founded on January 2, 1776 by Carlos III, King of Spain.

This is a day of great celebration in the City of Guatemala, as it marks the day of the patron saint, the Virgin of the Assumption, which is carried out from the foundation of the new city of Guatemala of the Assumption, which was called and by King Carlos III since its creation in 1776, after an earthquake destroyed three years before the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, now known as the Antigua Guatemala in Sacatepequez 52 km. the current Capital.

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"The fair is held at the Hippodrome, zone 2 on the north side of the city, the religious fervor and fun mixes. The capital of all ages participate in religious activities and entertainment such as rides for children and adults, lotteries, archery, marksmanship test, launch distrutan bowling and traditional foods like pepián, jocón, tacos , atol de elote, grenache, French toast, fresh plums in a variety of sweets and more. The day of rest is occupied by many families for sports and others to leave the city and enjoy the day in the field. "

"The festivities include a processional act of walking the Virgin Simeon Canas avenue and some streets of the capital, between fragrant and colorful sawdust carpets and flowers and fireworks."

"Attendees can also visit and admire the Relief Map built by Francisco Vela Irisarri in 1905, which is one of the attractions of this part of the city. The Relief map is considered by many as a jewel of engineering and art. Engineer Vela and his colleagues took them 18 months to build, is a vision of the entire national territory He built it at ground level and two scales. 1: 10,000 for the horizontal extension, and 1: 2,000 for the vertical extent, on a approximate area of ​​1,800 square meters. " (Taken from writings of Elsa Robles and Wikipedia)

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