Traditional Maya ceremony near Chichicastengo, Guatemala
Local shaman perform a traditional K'iche' Maya ceremony using censers with smouldering incense and copal resin at a site on top of a hill on Chichicastengo's outskirts. Chichicastenango is an indigenous Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands about 90 miles northwest of Guatemala City and at an elevation of nearly 6,500 feet. It is most famous for its markets on Sundays and Thursdays.
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- Traditional Maya ceremony near Chichicastengo, Guatemala (3461212172408).tif
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- © David Coleman
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- Chichicastenango / Guatemala
