Photos of Easter

Documentary photographs of Semana Santa or Easter Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala along La Ruta Maya or The Mayan Route in Airone Magazine Italy (Issue 184, August 1996).

Venice Carnival Masks, Carnevale di Venezia or Venice Carnival. Venice, Italy.

“The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday.

Venice Carnival characters at Carnevale di Venezia or Venice Carnival. Venice, Italy.

“The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy.

Venice Carnival Mask, Carnevale di Venezia or Venice Carnival. Venice, Italy.

“The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday.

Catholic devotees banishing using smoking thuribles containing incense to prepare the path of floral and sawdust carpet mosaics for devotees carrying the Ada (float) over these temporary mosaics in Semana Santa processions or holy Week Processions in Antigua, Guatemala.

Catholic devotees carrying an Anda (religious processional float) over a path of floral and sawdust carpet mosaic in Semana Santa procession (Holy Week procession) in Antigua, Guatemala.

Semana Santa procession.

Catholic devotees carrying an Anda (religious processional float) over a sawdust carpet mosaic in Semana Santa procession or Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala.

Semana Santa procession. Holy Week procession.

Semana Santa (Holy Week ) procession at La Antigua (Antigua UNESCO World Heritage Site), Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala

Catholic devotees banishing with incense burned a thurible during the Semana Santa processions (Holy Week processions) at night in front of Catedral Primada de Santiago (Saint Joseph Cathedral) in Antigua, Guatemala.

Catholic devotee banishing with incense burned a thurible during the Semana Santa processions (Holy Week processions) at night in front of Catedral Primada de Santiago (Saint Joseph Cathedral) in Antigua, Guatemala.