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Holy Week processions in Guatemala
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<p><a href="/facts/Semana_Santa/jwINRBAj">Semana Santa</a> or Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called <a href="/facts/Procession/61CuUnmp">processions</a>, usually organized by a "<a href="/facts/Hermandad/4KfVggd7">hermandad</a>". Each procession of <a href="/facts/Holy_Week/jwINRBAj">Holy Week</a> has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the <a href="/facts/Passion_of_Christ/zHxtCPQd">Passion of Christ</a>, or <a href="/facts/Marian_devotions/g1MQvpRz">Marian</a> images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints. </p><p>Guatemala is particularly known for <i>alfombras</i>, or temporary carpets made of colored sawdust and flowers, along the processional routes. </p>