Guatemala's Independence Day is September 15. It is also the Independence Day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico celebrates their Independence Day on September 16.
In Guatemala the celebration begins many days ahead and includes parades, colorful costumes, music, traditional dance, bands, fireworks, torch runs, and displays of Mayan dress and crafts. Guatemalans are very patriotic! You will see flags flying everywhere. It is a beautiful time to be here and help celebrate a country that we deeply love.
Our family on Independence Day 2024. We take a similar photo every year.
This year the fifteenth fell on a Sunday. We went into town that evening for the closing parade and fireworks.
In the background you can see two volcanoes- Fuego and Acatenango.
The flag of Antigua and the Guatemalan flag.
Fuego erupting in the distance.
The flags flying above Antigua's City Hall.
This year Guatemala was celebrating 203 years of independence.
David and the boys watching the parade of bands around the Central Park.
View of Agua volcano from the Central Park.
Here is a video collage I made from the band performances.
The finale of the evening was fireworks shot above the City Hall.
a video collage of the fireworks
It was such a fun, festive evening!!
A beautiful evening view of Agua Volcano.
our family at the Central Park of Antigua
We 💙 Guatemala!!
We ended the night at San Martin enjoying warm bowls of potato soup and fun drinks like a mango smoothie and vanilla milkshake with sprinkles.
One last photo taken by the City Hall that shows the closing celebration. If you look close, you might just spot us in the crowd.
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