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| The ceremony burning devil in Guatemala, Central America (nelomh / Youtube) |
Guatemala City - La Quema del Diablo, is one of the traditional ceremony that is unique in the world. If defined, this is the ceremonial burning demon and is in Central America. 'Demons' burned until they run out!
Different countries, different traditional ceremonies also become a tourist attraction for the tourists. A country in Central America, namely Guatemala has one of the ceremonial curious. Ceremonial burning devil.
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| La Quema del Diablo, devil burning ceremony in Guatemala (Tory M Taylor / Youtube) |
Compiled from various sources, a ceremony called La Quema del Diablo took place in two cities, namely in Guatemala City and Antigua. The traditional ceremony, take place regularly during the year, on December 7.
Unfortunately, there is no satisfactory historical literature about La Quema del Diablo is. To be sure, holding the traditional ceremony has become a tradition and it has been done long ago.
In La Quema del Diablo, the streets will be filled with sculpture or ornament shaped devil. Shape vary, depending on who made it. What is certain, is realized with a look sinister and horned.
width="640">Statues of demons (Luis Estrada / Youtube)
At night, the streets will be filled by people who wear a devil costume. In fact, local children also participated. Then, all gathered in a vast field in which statues of demons have been collected.
Then, piles of garbage collected near the statues of demons. Immediately, a fire was lit and it will all be burned!
A large fire immediately engulfed demon statues. sculpture demons others can reach a length of 3 meters. Firefighting team also prepared a precaution for security.
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| Statue of a demon that was burned (Raul Contreras) |
Locals believe that Satan is hiding in the corners of their homes and in the midst of debris litter. Therefore, they burned everything, so that the demons that roam in Guatemala can be lost and destroyed.
In essence, they believe that their residence will be lost from the presence of demons. They also welcomed the Christmas and New Year with a cleaner atmosphere.
When completed, the community will be singing and dancing. They rejoiced, as if to celebrate the victory over the burning of demons.
Now, La Quema del Diablo has become a festival and tourist agenda in Guatemala. Tourists are allowed to see it up close and take pictures. December 7, 2016 the next, La Quema del Diablo was ready again be held. Want a closer look?
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| Ceremony fuel devil (nelomh / Youtube) |
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