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The American Society

of Guatemala


The American Society of Guatemala
(ASG) was founded on June 14,
1960 by a group of American citi-
zens residing in Guatemala. The society was
created to provide a focal point to strengthen
community ties and provide an institution
to represent the interests of its members. It
helps them contribute in situations where
citizens of the United States as a group can
usefully participate in promoting the ties
of friendship and mutual understanding
between Guatemala and the United States,
as well as among American citizens living
here. From its earliest days, Americans doing
business in Guatemala (and across Central
America) have been able to strengthen their
associations through the society.

During its first half-century, the society
undertook a wide range of charitable en-
terprises. One of the most substantial and
earliest is the Milagro Medical complex in
Mixco. In 1966, businessman William Luce
gave a building and grounds to the ASG for
a medical clinic. Numerous ASG fundrais-
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ing activities, as well as cooperation from
the Swiss, Italian and German communities
in Guatemala, have resulted in a complex
of buildings that include a dentist's office,
a community center and a library. In 1990
then-Ambassador Tom Struck formally
handed the project over to the community,
and the center is currently managed by Vi-
talino Cuca.

Historically, the ASG has focused on good-
works projects such as providing building,
cleaning and paint supplies to the Escuela
de Los Estados Unidos in zone 5; donating
several computers to the IGER (Guatemala
Institute for Radio-based Education); and
providing scholarships for children partici-
pating in the FotosKids program which uses
photography, graphic arts and scholarships
to give children at risk in poor areas an op-
portunity to get ahead. Caring for children
with HIV, the Hospice San Jos6 in San Lu-
cas, between Guatemala City and La Anti-
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The American Society of Guatemala

9 TRAVEL byDwight WayneCoop
A Walking Tour of
"Old" Panajachel

14 FOOD AND WINE by/raLewis
First Vintage

18 LANGUAGE byLindaShaw
Con much gusto

20 INTERVIEW byLauraMcNamara
Painting in Public Spaces

22 DATEBOOK HIGHLIGHT
Photography by Hans Namuth

23 DATEBOOK HIGHLIGHT byRobertoLuz
Festival Atitlan

24 DATEBOOK) February
Guide to culture and upcoming events

38 SHOPPING byMichaelSherer
The City's Central Market

FOOD
Antigua Dining Sampler:
Must-have menu items
64 Bountiful Breakfasts
66 Luscious Lunches
74 Break-out Beverages
76 Delicious Dinners
82 Appealing Appetizers
86 Delectable Desserts

106 HOLISTIC THOUGHTS byDr. Karmen Guevara
One Heart

124 PHOTO OP byLenalohannessen
El Salvador Beaches

SENSUOUS GUATEMALA byKen Veronda
128 Be My Valentine


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33 Guatemala City
52 La Antigua
98 Lake Atitlan
104 Quetzaltenango
107 Monterrico/Pacific Coast
111 Coban /Tecpn
113 El Peten
113 Rio Dulce



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39 Dining
43 Lodging
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62 Dining
83 Lodging
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114Classifieds
117 Vet Q&A
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126 Advertiser Index


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Pana; an excursion to a young winery
and where you can taste the fruits of their
first vintage; a heads-up on next month's
Festival Atitlin; some Valentine's Day
musings; Photo Ops from Guatemala
City's central market and from the beaches
of El Salvador; and there are always plenty
of fun options in the DateBook cultural
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and interactive charity events.
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TRAVEL by Dwight Wayne Coop photos by Shaila Reddy


A Walking Tour of


"Old" Panajachel


Until you do Uptown Pana on foot, you have not done Pana


P anajachel is firstly a atlk,:ng city. If
you drive in it, you soon tire of the
paucity of two-way streets. And ev-
ery rocky contour of those streets registers
on the pant-seat of every chicken-bus rider.
Tuktuks look fun, until you actually ride in
one. And much of Pana is not overly bike-
friendly. So, unless pogo sticks catch on, feet
remain the preferred vehicle.

Pana, unlike La Antigua, is no predictable
grid. There are countless blind corners and
weird angles, all inviting, particularly in Up-
town, or Old Pana, the town's oldest quarter
(downtown, or "El Centro" is considered
the spot where Calle Santander starts).
Uptown is the most walkable part of Pana,
and its corners beckon to be rounded and
savored with the slowness that only pedes-
trians can succor.

Uptown is eclectic, given its compactness.
I could argue that visitors to Pana have not
really visited unless they traipse through
Uptown. Everyone strolls Santander and
the waterfront, but Uptown is Panajachel
at its most authentic. You meet few or no
peddlers in Old Pana, and it is an arresting
counterpoint to the "touristy" face of that
other Pana.


START at the intersection of Calle Prin-
cipal and Palop6 Road. There sits (1) El
Ancla, Pana's original general store, where
they still sell a little of everything that is not
perishable, from stationery to fishing line.
It is Pana's oldest retailer in continuous op-
eration, a success owed to the Mazarriegos
family's policy of standing behind every-
thing they sell since 1956.


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(1) Starting point: El Ancla, original general store
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Walking Tour Map


Uptown

Panajachel


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(1) El Ancla
(2) Maya Kanek
(3) Torchito
(4) City Park
(5) Relief Mural
(6) New Market


(7) Municipal Library
(8) Church Plaza
(9) Belfry
(10) Church
(11) Cafe
(12) Gallery








The next place meriting a stop once oc-
casioned a bizarre exchange for me with a
Polish couple. They looked lost, so I offered
directions. It seemed that they were asking
me if I knew the "Maya Canuck." Well, I
did know Rick McArthur, a Canadian who
speaks Maya Kakchikel in his work with
Wycliffe translators, and who had been
called this. But when I offered to lead them
to Rick, they were confounded.

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ed that their desti-
nation was (2) the
Maya Kanek, Pana-
jachel's oldest hotel,
which predates the
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tion of the city by

featuring intriguing
1 codex-like murals,
is unchanged from the days when it was Up-
town's only comfortable lodging. The "cof-
fee table" is a shellacked slice of a tree trunk.
Don Antonio, the affable proprietor, can an-
swer questions about Panajachel history.

A little farther up the street, you find Pana-
jachel's newest and strangest landmark (3).
"Torchito," as the
statue atop the
pedestal is known,
was erected ir
2007 to commem-
orate 50 years of
the annual foot-
race that originally
linked Pana witE
nearby San Andr5s
Semetabaj; today
the torch is borne all the way to Guatemala
City. One of Torchito's feet is bare, honor-
ing those of the original runners who ran


the course on their unshod feet.


Just behind Torchito is (4) Panajachel's city
park. Behind the small, shaded promenades
and the sculptures of T-rex and President
Barrios, the municipal "palace" perches on
a stony platform. There is nothing palatial
about the building, but the platform boasts
(5) a relief mural carved in 1980 by Jordin
Alegria, showing an allegorization of the con-
quest. On the right, a resplendent, feathered
Tecin Umain resists a charge from a mounted
Pedro de Alvarado. The latter's forces, on the
left, are a mix of Spaniards and Alvarado's
Tlaxcaltecan (Mexican) allies. It may be my
imaginat n
but the figu .
on the -I, _-r
seem, by dL-
sign, of 1,..I-r,
countenarnc

(5) detail of
relief mural


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(6) Panajachel's new mercado-your tour should include some time to roam here


Continue up the street to (6) Pana's new
mercado.

The old mercado, a smelly warren of ram-
shackle stalls, would never have been a stop
on any walking tour. Trash and vermin were
never far from the wares on sale. But today's
mercado enjoys a planned layout that is a
paragon of space utility, airiness, aesthetics
and sanitation. The expansive rain shield
protects from the elements while allowing
full ventilation, as well as full exploitation
of natural light. Despite this manicured
presentation of a highlands marketplace, no
authenticity was sacrificed. You never for-
get that you are in Guatemala, since all the
usual ingredients are present: produce stalls,
dry-goods sellers, alcoves of meatcutters,
humble diners, clothiers and a local for reed
baskets and mats. Your tour should include
some roaming here.

A side street leads to (7) the new munici-
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pal library, the finest in Sololi Department,
and Uptown's true palace. The library, with
its arched windows and wrought-iron grat-
ing, replaces an older one that burned down
in 2000. It owes its existence to indefatiga-
ble American author Ann Cameron and her
husband Bill, and doubles as the town mu-
seum. Labeled exhibits of historical pictures
and textiles adorn the walls and pylons. The
most poignant exhibit is a page from one of
the 8,000 books destroyed in the fire.

frlr you exit the li-
SI-. ,, cross the street
r.,. ird the Catholic
c, l.-ch. Within the el-
irt gate you can see
hiJ,, sculpted floral
i. .nds and collared
S.... .. Go right, fol-
I. ng the sidewalk to
(7) Surviving page from the (8) church plaza,
previous libraryfire Uptown's only open








space. Pana's City Hall departs from the
norm by sitting behind the church, rather
than facing it over a plaza. Open-air and offi-
cial ceremonies nonetheless take place on this
spot: Deer Dances, Catholic processions, and
the annualferia all culminate here.

Across the street stands the medieval-look-
ing (9) belfry, believed to be Pana's oldest
edifice. The bell inside, massively cracked,
is seldom rung. (10) church dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi

South Africa,
to allure walk-
ers to their
(11) Cross-
roads Caf6,
where premium
coffees can be
sampled and
bought in bulk.

Turn left at the next corner to reach the clin-
ic and (12) gallery of pediatrician Gerardo
Barreno, a self-described "Mayaphile." Dr.
Barreno, who charges as little as Q10 for
consultations, provides scultptors, painters
and artisans with a free showcase that has
launched careers. It may be the perfect spot
(9) Medieval-looking belfry to buy a me-
mento of your
From the plaza, enter the (10) church walk through
dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, Pana's pa- Old Pana-
tron. The thick granite walls of the current jachel, or, if
church, dating from the 1800s, soften the nothing else,
bustle of Panajachel, making the church a to see Mona
favorite interfaith meditation spot. Lisa with
Maya features.
From the plaza, go south again into Pana's
oldest commercial area, which before the (12) the gallery
tourist boom of the 80s was home to cof- provides a free
fee and grain brokers. Even today the aroma showcase for
of fresh coffee is piped into this quarter of
barbers and tailors by the Roberts family of
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FOOD & WINE text and photos by Ira Lewis


A rewarding excursion to Guatemala'sfirst winery to
produce wine from locally-grown grapes since colonial times


Hidden behind a coffee finca on the
lower slopes of volcano El Agua is
the first winery to produce wine
from Guatemalan-grown grapes since co-
lonial times: Chateau DeFay. Jacques and
Angie DeFay recently presented their first
vintage after years of finding the right
grapes, some false starts, lots of very hard
work and years of nurturing the vines. The
vintage is 2007, but the wines have only
just become available to the public.

After a four-kilomoter drive down a dirt
road from Santa Maria de Jesds toward
Palin, it comes as quite a surprise to find
this turreted chateau, which would be per-
fectly at home in Bordeaux or Italy. A gate
on the left with the discreet initials "CDF"
marks the entrance.
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The three wines of the first vintage, even com-
ing from young vines, show promise. Could
Guatemala be another improbable area that
will become a wine-producing country be-
cause the right soil and weather conditions
exist? It all starts with one winery.

For example, North Carolina was not a
wine-producing state 20 years ago. Then
tobacco demand fell, a few farms planted
grapes and some started to make wine. As
the potential became apparent, experienced
vintners came into the area and now wine
cognoscenti are starting to refer to the
North Carolina Piedmont region as the So-
noma Valley of the East Coast.

Jacques DeFay had previously made two
visits to Guatemala, totaling about seven













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The view, from the back of the Chateau, looks The entrance to Chateau DeFay is through a
across vines, with clusters of new grapes, to gate with discrete initials, CDF, then down a
the cloud-shrouded Pacaya volcano lane bordered by the intense green of coffee
plants, shaded by gravilea trees.


weeks, when he was working for the Inter-
American Development Bank. When he
decided to retire, he and Angie returned to
Guatemala to look for a farm where they
could grow raspberries. After looking for
some time, they bought the coffee finca on
the lower slopes of El Agua 10 years ago.
There was not enough water for raspber-
ries, but Angie planted asparagus, which
she still grows, and presents as a tasty pre-
serve-a very light pickle which enhances
the natural flavor of the asparagus.

Even though people said he was crazy,
Jacques decided to try grapes, and the first
vines were planted nine years ago. Strictly
by trial and error, he tried several varieties
before finding some that took well to the
volcanic soil and the seasonal variations of
the area. No one could give advice except
"don't waste your time."

Once he had his grapes, Jacques drove
ahead with his plans for a winery. This was
not to be a hobby but rather a serious win-
ery producing the best wine possible from
Guatemalan grapes.


A chateau was built which, besides having
family living quarters, could also be used for
wine tasting, receptions and other events. An
18-hole miniature golf course was placed on
the landscaped grounds as well as a round,
glassed-in barbeque pavilion.


Jacques DeFay holds a bottle of his first vintage.
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The stainless steel winemaking equipment is state of the art. The fermenters and aging tanks have
cooling bands to control the temperature.


Stainless-steel winemaking equipment was
imported from the United States by way of
Italy and France, and an Italian winemaker,
Bruno Coppola, was hired to develop the
wines. Jacques had worked with very little
assistance developing the vines but decided
he really needed a trained winemaker to
properly control the winemaking process.
Coppola was trained in Italy, worked there
at his uncle's winery, then added four more
years experience in wineries in the Sonoma
Valley and two years in New York, where
Jacques met him. He'd gone on to Bra-
zil and then to Italy as a consultant when
Jacques persuaded him to come to Guate-
mala.

The three wines of the first vintage show
great promise. Two of the three, Angie's
Blend and White Merlot (rosd) are different
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from the dry, full-bodied wines most ap-
preciated in Guatemala.

There are other wines of the world, which
have different standards and different
tastes. They are neither better nor worse-
they are different and many are excellent. It
is next to impossible to find in Guatemala a
Beerenauslese from a top Rhine vineyard, a
great Sauterne or a dry Oloroso sherry, be-
cause they do not conform to the accepted
taste standards.

Angie's Blend is one of the few dessert wines
on the market here. When served with
some pieces of good chocolate or a simple
pound cake, Angie's Blend gives you an epi-
curean dessert. The most expensive wine in
the world happens to be a dessert wine, a
Sauterne made by the Chateau D'Yquem.








The Germans also use these off-dry, fruity
wines to stand up to highly spiced dishes-
curry or Kak-Ik. It also works well with
strong cheeses.

The French make and enjoy some really excel-
lent ros6. White merlot is a wine to sip and
enjoy, a tasty aperitif that starts with a sweet-
ish grape flavor and has a dry aftertaste. It also
would go along with mild chicken and other
not-so-strong, dishes.

The Chardonnay comes with a strong min-
eral taste from the volcanic soil. Alongside
a good California Chardonnay or a Blanc
de Blanc of France, it loses right now.
Still it has some levels of taste that show
promise. It is worth trying with strong fish


dishes or strong boquitas. It should be served
very cold. With a few more years to develop,
it could become a very good wine. O1

Visit www.fincadefay.com
Complimentary tasting on Saturdays
and Sundays, 10am to 4pm, by appoint-
ment only on weekdays. There is also a
special tour of the vineyard and winery
for approximately $3 per person.
The facility is also open for special
events such as weddings and receptions,
anniversary parties and graduations.

You can enjoy a tasting of the Chateau
DeFay wines at La Casserole on Callejdn
delHermano Pedro inAntigua. More va-
rietals are being added each year.


Javier and Cristina Vails tasting the wines of the first vintage in the muraled wine bar
of the chateau. The wine is being served by Bruno Coppola, the wine-maker.
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LANGUAGE byLindaShaw


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The author in Antigua's central park practicing her newly-learned second language


Con much gusto

Was I really learning Spanish? Sometimes I was discouraged, sometimes
Isaw progress, but I was ever aware oftheprivilege ofsitting afternoons in
a beautifulgarden under aprefect blue sky learning a beautiful language.


The day I asked to ride a cowboy was
the day I knew I needed help. Trav-
eling in Central America without
Spanish-language skills gets a little stress-
ful. I arrived in the region with a ground-
ing in high school French, a smattering of
university Italian grammar and a compact
Spanish Phrase Finder, confidently plan-
ning to travel and pick up a little Spanish
along the way.
Ordering breakfast seemed to go well
enough in Nicaragua, until someone in San
Juan del Sur pointed out that I had been or-
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during my Thursdays "over easy." The words
jueves and huevos sounding pretty much the
same to my gringa ears, I remained smug
in having mastered the expression for "over
easy." And though typically eggs did con-
tinue to arrive on my plate, I nonetheless
felt a growing loss of confidence whenever
they arrived scrambled.
My confidence continued to erode un-
til the day it no longer existed in Costa
Rica. While contemplating a wonderful
horseback ride I'd taken along a white-sand
Guanacaste beach, a bad feeling crept over










Learning a new language is neither for the

timid nor the middle-aged. Many afternoons

I thought that my brain was overheating and

sending smoke out my ears.


me. I verified it in my dictionary. Yes, at the
stable I had indeed asked for a calballl/:o to
ride for two hours. Then it made sense why
all the stablemen had started to laugh and
point at each other. Which gentleman did
she fancy? they no doubt discussed. I felt a
further humiliation recalling that after giv-
ing me a good look up and down, they had
quickly saddled up a frisky caballo.
My Fodor's guide, listing 25 language
schools in Guatemala, assured me that this
was the Spanish-language teaching capi-
tal of the world. Arriving in La Antigua,
I started spending every afternoon test-
ing the patience of my wonderful tutor,
who would take my French-Italian hybrid
imitation of Spanish to something ... well,
something closer to Spanish.
Learning a new language is neither for
the timid nor the middle-aged. Many after-
noons I thought that my brain was overheat-
ing and sending smoke out my ears. I cre-
ated a daily ritual of generously offering to
treat my tutor to coffee and cake as a device
to buy an extra 10-minute break. Mentally
exhausted most nights, I'd fall asleep just
before 9, color-coded flash cards of irregular
verbs dropping from my hands. Was I really
learning Spanish? Sometimes I was discour-
aged, sometimes I saw progress, but I was
ever aware of the privilege of sitting after-
noons in a beautiful garden under a prefect
blue sky learning a beautiful language.


We were interrupted one afternoon by
a man who apologetically asked my tutor
to find someone from the school office. We
had just been reviewing verbs. No doubt
conscious of interrupting my paid time, he
pressed me to pronounce some verbs while
she was gone, pointing at them on the
white board. I confidently pronounced the
word volver, meaning to return, confident-
ly because we had just been working on
its pronunciation. No! he said loudly and
emphatically, you just said ... something
else I couldn't catch and proceeded to pro-
nounced it just as loudly and emphatically.
From my angle with him standing and me
sitting I had a good view of the roof of his
mouth and most of his dental work. And
from my angle I could clearly see the fuller
formation of the vowel "o" then the tip of
his tongue as it touched the back of his top
teeth to form the final "r" sound. It was
quite a graphic demonstration. I repeated
the verb, with an awareness of what need-
ed changing in my pronunciation. No! he
repeated just as empathically and demon-
strated again. At that point I resorted to my
usual defense mode and giggled. I indulged
him by trying again, all the while hoping
for my real teacher to volver, more apprecia-
tive than ever of having a professional tutor
and not someone off the street with little
understanding of foreign-language teach-
ing. My tutor and I contue on page
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INTERVIEW by Laura McNamara photos by Geovany Flores


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What does the mural depict?
Jos6 Luis L6pez Godoy: The central idea
behind the mural is that it was created for
primary children. It is focused upon Maya
icons and iconography, mixing a lot of
trends-from a little cubism, naive art and
pop art-so that the children have a little
art history.

Geovany Flores: The making of the mural
was inspired by the Popol Vuh. The Popol
Vuh is a sacred book of the K'iche' Maya
and narrates the creation of vegetation, ani-
mals, the first man made from corn, and,
afterwards, the origin of the K'iche' Maya.
The Popol Vuh is like the Bible for the Maya
... the perfect, human-divine creation for
the gods are the men of corn. You can see
in the central part of the mural a tree with
corncobs. This narrates the creation of the
first men. The tree also signifies the central
axis of the universe and narrates the three
planes that make up the terrestrial world.
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What inspired you to make the mural?
Flores: Jos6 took the initiative and contrib-
uted the first ideas ... he went to the school
and spoke with the director. The director
said, yes, we could make the mural.

Godoy: The kids gave us the inspiration.
We did a quiz where we summoned all the
kids to make a drawing of what worried
or bothered them the most. In the draw-
ings we found, with much surprise, that
they were most affected by the violence in
their lives. So we wanted to relate in the
mural something more, showing different
alternatives.

What do you hope the work
accomplished?
Godoy: That the children see a little light
through all these drawings, that they see
a little hope through these stories related
through the mural. That, yes, one can: one
can accomplish things through little means.














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LEFT AND ABOVE: Putting the finishing touches on the mural at Escuela Mariano Navarrete


Flores: The mural also has other messag-
es, including the importance of voluntary
work as part of developing a community.
We began without money, we began with-
out anything, only with the idea... The
work was purely voluntary. I believe that
this is the message as well: the importance
of voluntary work and that it is possible to
do things if one really wants to.

How long have you been creating art?
Flores: Fifteen years researching art and
making art; studying the techniques of art.

Godoy: Honestly, I have devoted 10 years
to art. But, you bring something from
when you are a kid. You have this restless-
ness. Yet, I became 100 percent devoted
to expressing myself through a canvas 10
years ago.


Will you create more murals?
Flores: We have already started another
mural in a school in Jocotenango (Rafael
Rosales). We are on a break for many rea-
sons, including economic reasons. But we
are going to continue with this project...
We have intentions to continue making
projects in public spaces in our city.

Godoy: First and foremost, the idea was to
make a mural in order to reach out to the
people with our work. Not to maintain this
idea of elitism that one only keeps their art
inside a gallery when art can be created in
public spaces so that it reaches the entire
population. It is a way to make people aware
through art. And this is wonderful. O

You can view the mural on the outside wall
of Escuela Mariano Navarrete located at
Calle del Manchin No. 4, La Antigua.


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Los Todos Santeros
Photography by Hans Namuth,
conservatorship and assembly by Cristina Orive
Proyecto Cultural El Sitio, Saturday, February 20, 7pm


Hans Namuth was born in Essen,
Germany in 1915. In 1933, short-
ly after Hitler came to power, he
was arrested for distributing anti-Nazi lit-
erature. To assure his safety, his father was
able to obtain a tourist visa permitting his
son to enter France. In 1936 Namuth trav-
eled from Paris to Barcelona, Spain, on a
work assignment with his friend, Georg


Reisner, to photograph the Workers Olym-
pics for Vu Magazine. The day before the
inauguration the Spanish Civil War broke
out. Namuth stayed on in Spain to docu-
ment the conflict. His photographs were
published in many magazines as well as the
book Spanisches Tagebuch 1936 (Nishen,
Berlin, 1986) ...contnued on page 122

Hans Namuth photographed the entire population
of Todos Santos Cuchumathn from 1978 to 1987;
more of his photos are on the continue pages


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DATE BOOK HIGHLIGHT by Roberto Luz www.festivalatitlan.com


Saturday, March 13
11lam to midnight


The Festival Atitl~n returns for its 9th
year, once again celebrating spring-
time with music, dance, theatre,
graphic art displays and workshops, plus a
great kid section, and a promise of a beauti-
ful day with family and friends outdoors on
the shores of Lake Atitlan. As is the custom,
the proceeds are donated to a local good
works project. In the past, proceeds from
the festival have benefited the Hospitalito
Atitlan, the SIEMBRA cloud forest reserve
Chaj Choj, the Atitlan cleanup committee
and a stove project, to name just a few.

This year 100 percent of the proceeds
will go to a local ecological educational and
informational project that will concentrate
on getting the word out to the nearby popu-
lation about the cyanobacteria breakout that
is threatening the health of Lake Atitlan.
On the drawing board are educational car-


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interesting and eclectic
alternative arts festival
in Guatemala


toon-illustration books for adults who can't
read, ecologically-minded coloring books
for kids, ecological material for the schools
and an eco-programming schedule for local
radio and television broadcasts in Tz'utuil,
Kaqchikel and Spanish.

Once again, the roster of performers is
quite impressive: festival participants in-
clude Iguanamanga (reggae), La Trova del
Lago (trova nueva), Grupo Maya Tz'utujil
(cofradia music), AjBatz (Kaqchikel rock),
Marco Trio Electric (get down boogey), The
LeRoy Mack Band (bluegrass), Naik Madera
(New Age feminist), Kyla (Latin folklore),
Zanates en Stereo (rock chapin), Pablo Ro-
bledo (soloist), Steve James (finger-picking
guitar), MaF Saenz (soloist) Percush (per-
cussion), Star Maya circus, Grupo Sotzil
(Maya dancers), C6smica de Guatemala ...
and even more groups ...cntued on page
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2Tues., 5:30pm RAINBOW
LECTURE SERIES: Animal Aware,
Perhaps it's a stretch to be asking for help
in order to care for injured and abandoned
animals when there are so many human
needs, yet suffering is suffering. The
principal activity of AWARE is rescue
and rehabilitation of domestic animals.
Hound Heights, AWARE's no-kill animal
refuge, is currently sheltering between 225-
250 dogs and well over 80 cats. For every
animal adopted, even more take their place.
AWARE (Animal Welfare Association -
Rescue/Education) is an NGO, founded
in Guatemala in 1998. Donation Q25.
Rainbow Caf6 (tel: 7832-1919) 7a av. sur
#8, LaAntigua.
3 Wed., 6:30pm ART: Works by
Alejandro Urrutia honoring Guatemala
City's Centro Hist6rico, organized by
Proyecto Cultural el Callej6n del Fino.
Coctail. Edificio El Centro (tel: 5400-4846)
7a av. & 9a calle, 2nd level, local #218, z. 1,
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5 Fri., 8pm MUSIC: Saxopiano,
accoustic concert presented by singer-
songwriter
Giovanni
Passarelli. Q60.
El Sitio (tel:
-832-6329) 5a
,alle poniente
-15, LaAntigua.



6Sat., 7pm FUNDRAISER:
Antigua Venetian Ball: Costumes and
masks, mandatory. See
website for details www.
antiguavenetianball.
c com. Tickets, Q500
per person; Q900/two
J people. Ruins Santa
Clara, 2a av. norte,
across from Tanque de la
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5th ART:
Netospectivo,
a collection of
drawings,
paintings and
sculptures from
2001 through 2010
by artist Ernesto
Argueta Fraatz.
Sal6n de
los Alcaldes,
Cobdn.

Through Mon., 8th ART: Fiesta
Latina, Antigua artist Alfredo Garcia
Gil portrays concerns about consumerism,
over-population, politics and human vulner-
abilities. His humorous and thought-
provoking style has made him one ofthe most
admired Guatemalan artists. A self-taught
painter, he has participated in numerous one-
man shows and has represented Guatemala
at many international art exhibitions. La
Antigua Galeria de Arte (tel: 7832-5911) 4a
calle oriented #15, LaAntigua. v


1 Wed., 6-8pm (English)
I ANECHO LECTURE SERIES:
Acclaimed artist Ricardo Silva presents
Symbolism in Art. Ricardo is a well known
modern impressionist artist in Guatemala
and has exhibited in New York and
Barcelona. Free. AnEcho, Casa Convento
Concepci6n (tel: 7882-4600) 4a calle
oriented #41, LaAntigua.


1 Wed., 5pm
Through
Sun., March 7 -
ART: Plato Fuerte,
paintings and
sculpture by Arturo
Monroy. Galeria Sol
del Rio en Panza
Verde (tel: 7832-
2925) 5a av. sur #19, LaAntigua.
STues., 5:30pm (English)
10RAINBOW LECTURE SERIES:
Oxlajuj B'atz'(Thirteen Threads), founded in
2004, is an educational project that combines
two groups, the Asociaci6n Tejedoras
Unidas (United Weavers Association) and
the Maya Educational Foundation; the
focus of its programs are concentrated in
the areas of artisan skills, democracy and
group organization, health and well-being
and training in the management of small
businesses. Donation Q25. Rainbow Caf6
(tel: 7832-1919) 7a av. sur #8, LaAntigua.
1Thurs., 7:30pm ART: Amor
Contempordneo an activity for the
senses, featuring art, feeling, expression and
music. Free. Museo Ixchel (tel: 2361-8081)
6a calle final, z. 10, Guatemala City. V


1 Sat., 1pm FOLK DANCES:
.JNinos de Bendici6n from San
Antonio Aguas Calientes present
traditional folk dances. Free, though
donations gratefully accepted to support
the children' school expenses. La Pefia de
Sol Latino (tel: 7882-4468), LaAntigua.


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1 Thurs., 7pm-- PHOTOGRAPHY:
El Paisaje Toscano by Venetian
photographer Paolo Busato. Institute
Italiano de Cultura (tel: 2366-8934) 16
calle 2-55, z. 10, Guatemala City. v


1 Sat, 7pm & Sun. 14, 4:30pm -
1 IMUSIC: Celebrating Valentine's
Day, Rockstalgia presents Carino, a
selection of English and Spanish 50s, 60s
and 70s musical hits. Q60. El Sitio (tel:
7832-6329), LaAntigua. V


1 Sun., VALENTINE'S DAY:
-LTreat all your special Valentine's
with chocolates, flowers, cards and a lovely
meal (see Antigua Dining Sampler).

1 ASun., 1-5pm BENEFIT: Vegas
I in Antigua: Casino, bingo, lottery,
elegant silent auction, casino boutique,
casino bistro and bar. Entry Q200, Vegas
bucks Q50, benefits 12 local NGOs.
More info: call Judy, tel: 7832-9871.
Casa Convento Concepci6n, Calle de la
Concepci6n #41, LaAntigua.


1 Mon., 5pm- CULTURAL
1 EVENT: Authentic Mayan Ceremony,
learn first hand about the culture watching
as the Maya Sacerdote (priest) presents a
special ceremony to bless Los Amigos de La
Peia. Free. La Peia de Sol Latino (tel: 7882-
4468), LaAntigua.
1 Tues., 5:30pm (English)
I6RAINBOW LECTURE SERIES:
Speakers will be sharing stories of
Guatemalans with disabilities and the
challenges and successes of Transitions, an
organization that provides outreach, medical
support and health education to disabled
people throughout Guatemala. Transitions
also maintains a manufacturing and
training facility for customized wheelchairs,
a clinic for prosthetics and orthotics, a
graphic design and offset printing business
and a special education program. Donation
Q25. Rainbow Caf6 (tel: 7832-1919) 7a av.
sur #8, LaAntigua.
S Mon., 4-6pm (Spanish)
I1PLATICA Y TALLER: El Arte del
Perddn, dirigido por la Licda. Iraida Abreu
de Herrera, Psicoterapeuta y logoterapeuta.
Q50. Museo Ixchel (tel: 2361-8081) 6a
calle final, z. 10, Guatemala City.
1 Thurs., 6:30pm (Spanish)
CONFERENCE: El Origen del
Popol Vuh: Nuevos Hlliazgos by Ruud van
Akkeren. Q30/Q15 students w/carnet.
Parking Q25. Museo Popol Vuh (tel: 2338-
7836) 6a calle final, z. 10, Guatemala City.
1 Thurs., 7:30pm (Spanish)
1OWORKSHOP: Degustacidn de
vino en pareja, clase de principios bisicos,
apariencia, aroma y sabor del vino entire
arte. Donation Q300/couple. Museo
Ixchel (tel: 2361-8081) 6a calle final, z. 10,
Guatemala City.


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Wednesday (dinner) Live Jazz Trio. Q35.
Thursday (dinner) Cuban Jazz. Q35.
Friday (dinner) Estasis, Trio, Sal6n Latino,
Tango. Q35.

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Monday, 7:30pm Kenny Molina hosts
Open Mike. Free.
Tuesday, 7:30pm Ramiro plays Trova
Cubana. Free.
Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:30pm-Sundays,
7pm Sol Latino plays Andean music (pan
flutes). Free. v


Sunday, 1pm Ramiro plays Trova Cubana
during the Sunday Buffet. No cover.

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Friday, 7:30pm Mark Weinstein's Marco
Trio will perform a variety of jazz, blues &
rock 'n' roll.
Saturday, 7:30pm La Trova del Lago
featuring Juan Sisay, Carlos Rangel and Noe
Vasquez.

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Monday, 7:30pm Don Ramiro will serenade
you with some beautiful Latin folk music. Free.
Tuesday & Fridays, 7:30pm Sergio, reggae
music
Wednesday, 7:30pm Open Mike," ',.. r..d
by Juan-Jo and friends. A complimentary drink for
all performers. Free.
Thursday, 7:30pm Giiicho will astound
you with his guitar skills and improvisation of
Latino and pop classics.
Saturday7:30pm -At.One.Ment. Come
and listen to Luke and his band. You cannot
miss it. Enjoy a few drinks and relax to some
classics.
Sunday, 7:30pm La Raiz: Luis, Juan-Jo
& Choko, great improvised classics. Free.
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2 Sat., 7pm MUSIC: MaF presents
SAlma de Guitarra, Espiritu de Tambor.
Q60 incls. CD "La Isla de las Fantasias." El
Sitio (tel: 7832-6329), LaAntigua. V


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Monday the fabulous piano master Chris
Jarnach plays jazz and favorite tunes;
Circus Bar Latin Ensemble plays boleros, salsa,
son cubano and other latin rhythms
Tuesday Nayno Flamenco, Rumba and
Latin Ensemble, Trova del Lago
Wednesday Nayno, Latin Ensemble
Thursday, 7:30pm Carlos and Carlitos,
swing and latin rhythms. Trova del Lago, trova
Friday a fascinating show of Circus Bar
Allstars
Saturday Los Vagabundos, hot rhythms in
a fusion of rumba flamenca and Guatemalan
traditional elements
Sunday Latin Ensemble


Elizabethi

by Elizabeth Bell

How is Valentine's Day
celebrated in Guatemala?
ilentine's Day (Feb. 14) is celebrat-
ed by many people throughout the
world. In English-speaking countries,
it is the traditional day on which lovers express
their love for each other with Valentine's Day
cards (winged cupids are among the favor-
ites), flowers and special dinners. Commercial
valentines were introduced in the 1800s.
The history of St. Valentine-its patron
saint-is shrouded in mystery. Valentine's
Day contains vestiges of both Christian and
ancient Roman tradition. These legends go
back to the third century in Rome. When
Emperor Claudius II decided that single men
made better soldiers than those with wives, he
outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine,
a priest, defied Claudius and continued to
perform marriages for young lovers in secret.
When Valentine's actions were discovered,
Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
He was imprisoned and later beheaded
on Feb. 14, 269 A.D. Another legend has it
that Valentine was a Roman who was mar-
tyred for refusing to give up Christianity.
Pope Gelasius set aside Feb. 14 to honor St.
Valentine in 496 A.D.
In Spanish-speaking countries, Valentine's
Day is known as Dia del Carino, and it is com-
mon for friends, family members and lovers
to exchange hugs and small gifts. Chocolates
and roses seem to be the favorites. Showing
your affection to those you care about by a
phone call, text-message or even a flower re-
minds us of, truly, those who are close to us.
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2 Sat., 7pm PHOTOGRAPHY:
I Los Todos Santeros by Hans Namuth.
El Sitio (tel: 7832-6329), La Antigua. See
highlight on oage 22. V


2 Sat., 8am ANTIGUA X
ADVENTURE: This event
is designed as a one-day sprint race.
Calculated time is a minimum of 6 hours.
The categories are mountain biking,
trekking, orienteering,
rappelling and mystery
events. Inscription
Q750 until Feb. r (r
15th. More information at 2413-1106 or
antiguaxadventure@hotmail.com


1Sun., 11am & 4pm (Spanish)
THEATER for children: El Contador de
Historias by CUsar. Q50/Q25 children. El Sitio
(tel: 7832-6329), LaAntigua. V










2 Tues., 5:30pm MAYAN
3DANCES: K'a k'a' Saqarik, Nuevo
Amenecer, a local charity helps more than
30 indigenous children in San Andrds Itzapa
to maintain good health and receive an
education, they also support the preservation
of Mayan traditions. Donation Q25.
Rainbow Caf6 (tel: 7832-1919) 7a av. sur #8,
LaAntigua.
2 4Wed., 5pm- (English) LECTURE:
-1 Bohemian Life, the Story o ii j and
Tom by author and guest speaker Vicente
Stanzione. Q25. Galeria Mes6n Panza Verde
(tel: 7832-2925) 5a av. sur #19, LaAntigua.
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approximately 27 feet off the ground, were stone
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diameter and made out of rubber.
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volleyball and soccer. Two teams of two to 11
players would play the game. The players would
wear an arm protector and a hip protector to
protect themselves from the ball. The goal of
the game was to pass the ball through one of
the rings. The players would have to keep the


ball in motion using parts of their bodies, their
hips, thighs and forearms, but the use of hands
and feet was not allowed. Since the rings were
so high and players were not allowed to use their
hands, it was extremely difficult to get the ball
through a ring.
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linguini with tuna, garlic
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artichoke quiche
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grilled chicken breast in a
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sirloin steak with jumbo
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sauce or pepper sauce
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continued with our afternoon session. At
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Festival Atitl'n continued from page 23
soon to be announced. There will be an art
gallery offering local paintings for sale that
will also benefit this year's good works recip-
ient, as well as demonstrations: for instance,
bring a T-shirt and have the festival logo
silkscreened on it while you watch. Kids
are definitely not left out ... there are some
great activities planned for them like flag


painting, face painting, a small playground,
storytelling and a mini-circus!.

The Festival Atitlan will be held in a
beautiful pine forest outside of Santiago
Atitlan. Organizers suggest that you plan
to come and camp overnight. There will be
plenty of security, and the continued on page 102


The Ginger Ninjas and their bicycle powered Rock Band (photos from last year's festival)


Spectator view from last year's festival
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