{"id":1535,"date":"2023-10-05T08:39:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2023-10-05T08:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:39:33","slug":"saint-day-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/saint-day-in-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Day in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The well-known tradition of<em> Barriletes Gigantes<\/em>, or giant kites in English, is a cultural event that dates back to the pre-Columbian era\u2014before European influences were forced on the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kite flying is a popular <strong>tradition in Guatemala<\/strong>, especially during the <strong><em>D\u00eda de Todos los Santos celebration<\/em><\/strong>, which takes place on November 1st. On this day, people from all over the country create and fly colorful and elaborate kites <strong>made of paper and bamboo.<\/strong> These kites are often large and can have intricate designs and decorations. The tradition of flying kites is a way for Guatemalans to <strong>honor their deceased loved ones <\/strong>and send messages to the spirits in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tradition of kite flying on All Saints Day has deep cultural and historical roots in Guatemala and is a unique and vibrant <strong>part of the country&#8217;s cultural heritage<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a time when families come together to build and fly kites, and it&#8217;s also an opportunity for artistic expression through the creation of these beautiful and symbolic kites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00eda de Todos los Santos en Guatemala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La tradici\u00f3n de los Barriletes, es un evento cultural que se remonta a la era precolombina, una \u00e9poca antes de que la influencia europea llegara a las Am\u00e9ricas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volar barriletes es una <strong>tradici\u00f3n popular en Guatemala<\/strong>, especialmente durante la <strong>celebraci\u00f3n del D\u00eda de Todos los Santos<\/strong>, que se lleva a cabo el 1 de noviembre. La tradici\u00f3n tiene profundas ra\u00edces culturales e hist\u00f3ricas en Guatemala<strong>,<\/strong> y es importante mencionar que la t\u00e9cnica de elaboraci\u00f3n de los barriletes es <strong>Patrimonio Cultural Intangible de la Naci\u00f3n<\/strong>, al ser parte \u00fanica y vibrante de la cultura del pa\u00eds. Durante este d\u00eda, se crean y vuelan coloridos y elaborados <strong>barriletes hechos de papel y bamb\u00fa. <\/strong>Suelen ser gigantes y pueden tener dise\u00f1os y decoraciones elaboradas. Para los guatemaltecos, la tradici\u00f3n de volar barriletes es una forma de <strong>honrar a los seres queridos fallecidos <\/strong>y enviar mensajes a los esp\u00edritus en el cielo. Adem\u00e1s, representa un momento para compartir en familia y tambi\u00e9n es una oportunidad para la expresi\u00f3n art\u00edstica a trav\u00e9s de la creaci\u00f3n de estas hermosas y simb\u00f3licas creaciones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The well-known tradition of Barriletes Gigantes, or giant kites in English, is a cultural event that dates back to the pre-Columbian era\u2014before European influences were forced on the Americas. Kite flying is a popular tradition in Guatemala, especially during the D\u00eda de Todos los Santos celebration, which takes place on November 1st. On this day, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latincouver.ca\/lahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}