Guatemala Sawdust Carpets

This years guatemala s easter festival is more of flowers and sawdust.

Guatemala sawdust carpets.

Semana santa or easter s holy week in antigua guatemala 2010 sees some of the most elaborate sawdust carpets in the world made out of fruit flowers and more these carpets are incredibly. We cut out various stencils by hand to make the designs in this case the smithsonian sunburst and our 50th anniversary logo make an appearance. Other cities also have street carpets at easter. And now they beat their own record with 6 600 ft way more than last year s record.

Last march 2013 the longest sawdust carpet measured 4192 ft and 10 inches and was achieved by the municipality of guatemala. These carpets range from the relatively simple to the very complex as seen in the photo below in antigua s la merced church. The designs themselves use fine colored sawdust. The guinness world record for longest sawdust and floral carpet was set in 2014 in guatemala city the capital.

As elaborate and individual as they are ephemeral alfombras are carpets that adorn the street routes of church processions during the season of lent. Antigua guatemala carpets are generally made using molds with allegoric designs religious symbols biblical scenes geometric shapes and floral designs with entire families working together using sawdust pine needles fruit flowers sand and cut paper. Sawdust carpets like this one in the historic city of antigua line city streets in guatemala each year during holy week the week that precedes the christian festival of easter. The next step is to lay down a background color.

Antigua guatemala dyes its sawdust and then uses it to make some of the coolest carpets you ll ever see. Artists use wooden stencils to create the intricate designs. A sawdust carpet decorated with geometrical patterns and food is displayed during semana santa in la antigua guatemala id.