Photo Story: The tradition of kite flying in Guatemala on All Saints’ Day

A person raises a kite at the Santiago Sacatequez Kite Festival, in Santiago Sacatequez, Guatemala.

With a setting other than the soccer field where it is usually held, the festival of giant kites of Sumpango, in central Guatemala, moved its colours this Sunday to a park with benches and trees so that the public could appreciate the art from your home.

People try to control a 6-meter kite at the Santiago Sacatepequez Kite Festival, in Santiago Sacatequez, Guatemala.
A kite maker displays his work in honor of the medical personnel of Guatemala during the pandemic, with a mask decorated with the colors of the typical Mayan costume of Sumpango, Guatemala.

Via EPA-EFE/Esteban Biba

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