Top 6 Best Festivals in the World - Page 4 of 8

Semana Santa, Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala offers one of the most colorful and unusual Easter celebrations. The celebration begins on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and lasts for a week, during which processions and parades with figures of various saints parade through the streets of the city, strewn with flower petals and beautiful patterns of colored sand. Almost the entire town is draped in black crepe, and everywhere you can smell the incense. During the feast, there are performances illustrating the judgment and crucifixion of Jesus.