Todos Santos Cuchumatán Travel Guide

 euzkadi Says:  On the second day the action moves to the cemetery, again lot of stalls selling food and drinks, and marimba with drunk people (mostly men) dancing around the graves. There are also stalls selling offerings to the deaths. 

 euzkadi Says:  Some of the riders were wearing more colorful clothes, a cap and decorated hats, i´m not shure if that means some kind of importance or status among the riders. 

 euzkadi Says:  As i said before to show their bravery riders must ride completely drunk, before getting on the horse men drink bottles of a local spirit called Indita (very strong) and lot of beers. In this picture a rider is triying to mount a horse with a Gallo beer 

 euzkadi Says:  The most amazing thing of this festival is the famous horse race, riders must ride very very drunk (it´s a way to prove their bravery). Of course falls and crashes are quite common, and if a rider is dead in the race that means a year of good crops (an offering to the Mayan... 

 euzkadi Says:  The day of my visit, was a cold, rainy and foggy day, everybody were looking for a place to escape from the rain, but even with that conditions it´s amazing the beauty of the costumes and the good vibe of the fiesta. 

 euzkadi Says:  The Ferris Wheel is very popular in all fiestas in Guatemala, even with heavy rains a ride on it is a very popular way to celebrate the ocasion. 

 euzkadi Says:  Another interesting thing to do during the fiesta is share some time and pictures with the lovely and friendly local crowned queens. (Here with my Canadian friend Sabrina). 

 euzkadi Says:  Todos Santos church is a very simple colonial style construction, but for the All Saint´s Day festival was very crowded and ornated. During my visit it was raining so everybody´s were inside it, finally i passed the crowds just to find a very humble but interesting church... 

 euzkadi Says:  The men costume of Todos Santos is maybe Guatemala´s most beautiful costume...red and white striped trouser, black breeches and blue striped shirts decorated with very ornated wooven collars and flat hats with a blue ribbon around them. Women costume is less colorful: Dark... 

 euzkadi Says:  The town is very small and has few interest, a modest main road, two parks and a church, but the scenery that surrounds the town, the remoteness, the authenticity of the place, the costume and the All Saint´s Festival make the village one of the traveller´s favourite place... 

 euzkadi Says:  The Central park of town is where the Municipality is located, and was the most crowded place of the village during our visit because there was a marimba playing popular music, lots of villagers (some of them very drunk) where dancing in the second floor of the building. A... 

 euzkadi Says:  This small and remote village is specially famous among the travellers for it´s All Saint Day festivity. A very colorful tradition that includes food, dances, drunken riders horse race and lots and lots of alcohol. It´s a five day festivity and is visited by all the farmers...