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The beauty of Guatemala seeps out everywhere you turn, from the volcanoes and rolling landscape, to the colonial architecture and cobblestone streets. But aside from this and the warm spirit of the ...

With dances and fireworks, indigenous residents of a town in the Guatemalan highlands on Saturday held a festival celebrating their patron saint, Thomas the apostle. Much of the activity in ...

In Guatemala, family members paint the tombstone as a way of honoring the dead.Shutterstock As someone with an almost phobic aversion to shopping, the thought of visiting one of Central America's ...

Discover Chichicastenango, a culturally rich town in the highlands of Quiché, Guatemala. Known for its vibrant markets, colorful hillside cemetery, and strong Mayan heritage, Chichicastenango is a ...

In one of the largest holiday festivals in Latin America, villagers in the highland town of Chichicastenango spend three days celebrating the town's patron saint. Villagers dance during fireworks as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICHICASTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) — With ...