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Making Holy Week carpet, San Juan del Obispo, Guatemala

San Juan del Obispo, Guatemala - April 4, 2015: Local family make carpets (alfombras) using stencils & dyed sawdust in path of Holy Saturday Catholic procession in small town outside Antigua, the Spanish colonial town & UNESCO World Heritage Site with most famous Holy Week celebrations in Latin America.