Comayagua: Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week)

Los Bomberos (Firefighters) cleaning the streets the night before	Bomberos! (I love that word)	An actor playing the part of Jesus is giving a speech in front of the Cathedral in the Parque Central	The open market with tons of fun stuff. We bought Crystal a great necklace for 60 L. ($3)	Boys sitting on bags of sawdust waiting patiently to get started on their alfombra
Portrayal of the last supper inside Iglesia la Merced in Comayagua (a few blocks away from the main cathedral)	View from the courtyard of Iglesia la Merced	Niņos posing for me on the different colored bags of sawdust	Street hustle and bustle before the alfombras begin	Los Bomberos start leveling their alfombra
Their uniforms look more military than fire protective (notice the tight blousing of the pants into the boots)	After about an hour of leveling the sawdust, 12 different ways, a stray dog ran across the carpet!	Beginning to put some detail on with the aid of a stencil	Good Friday!	People are working fast to finish up the alfombras before the procession starts
Sprinkling sawdust	One of Crystal's favorites, she loved the brightly colored ones the best.	The stencil	the finished alfombra (notice the sleepy kid on the left, they work from 10pm - 3am and then 6 or 7 am til they are done)	They use the misters to keep the sawdust wet so it doesn't blow away and ruin the alfombra
Using stencils on a mirrored alfombra (many hands make light work)	Aerial view made possible by ladders (most families have one there so you can climb up and take pictures.)	Our Favorite Alfombra by far! The texture and variety of items used in it was awesome!	They used eggs, seeds, flowers, leaves, berries, etc.	Amazing
This alfombra was created by the Orphanage Crystal is interested in working at when we get settled	Bright colors	Very detailed alfombra	Making minor repair where the wind took a chunk of sawdust away	The nearly-finished product from the bomberos
We were there!	Nice simple one	The municipal library	The longest alfombra beside the main cathedral (where the kids were sitting on the bags of sawdust the night before)	Some crazy gringo
Is that a sousaphone player walking down the street?	A beautiful carpet with birds and butterflies (Mary is surrounded by the national bird - the macaw)	The sidewalks become one way paths	We thought about buying this house...but worried that it would wash away in the rainy season :)