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Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala

On Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala,seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace from the church through the village. The procession continues for twenty hours, shuffling through the streets decorated with sawdust, coloured and poured into designs from biblical stories.

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On Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala,seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace from the church through the village. The procession continues for twenty hours, shuffling through the streets decorated with sawdust, coloured and poured into designs from biblical stories.