All Saints Day - aka "Day of the Dead"

All Saints Day is so interesting here in Guatemala!  The day for most catholics is spent at the cemetery, painting the grave, cooking food, placing flowers in vases and remembering the person they are there to honor.  

And there are always kites!  All shapes, sizes and color.  They are beautiful!  There is even a kite competition....

From the oldest to the youngest, everyone enjoys their kites!

Families gathering at the graves to spend the day.

So many beautiful flowers scattered around..

Sugar cane and kites, what more could you possibly need? :)

This grave even had a traditional band playing around it.

The poorer people do not have a big grave, just a space of ground that they care for.

This little lady was selling tortillas and sugar cane.

Our mission president, Bro. Steven Hight, was here for that day and he really enjoyed hearing about the kites.

Jeren spotted this butterfly the other day and desperately wanted a picture of it.   It's amazing to me how tattered and torn it is, yet it still was fluttering around drinking from the flowers.....

Thanks for stopping by our blog!

~Crystal