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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 18007722" data-attributes="member: 158020">-Colorful Tombstones- In Guatemala culture, afterlife is highly celebrated, and this  cultural aspect is readily visible in their cemeteries. Scattered  throughout the countryside of Guatemala are cemeteries that feature  tombstones painted as colorfully as possible. Friends and family members  paint them using the favorite color of the departed as a way of  honoring and remembering the dead. Some of these cemeteries, especially  those in the departments of Solóla, Chichicastenango and Xela  (Quetzaltenango), have became tourist attractions. During the  All Saints Day on November 1, also celebrated as the Day of the Dead,  the cemetery becomes the focal point for rituals and prayer for those  who have passed on. The locals, dressed up in colorful clothing, head to  the cemetery to spend the day cleaning and tending to the graves and  decorating them with flowers, and have picnics right next to their  departed family members. Another tradition is the construction of giant kites of vibrant colors  that are flown near the cemetery. The locals believe that by flying  kites with messages written on them they could communicate with the  dead. <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JYBQx3Bhr8E/VPBO_yc7O-I/AAAAAAAA_u0/GjtY_xNN4p0/chichicastenango-cemetery-9%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mq1WeLhHUHI/VPBPBojMiYI/AAAAAAAA_u8/R3-TbRKwQeU/chichicastenango-cemetery-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Xen0_jUQGxY/VPBPEuJ7-TI/AAAAAAAA_vM/d0HTYYQiRFk/chichicastenango-cemetery-3%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ftZPAPrfgo0/VPBPF75Yu1I/AAAAAAAA_vU/H3y0lvZSzWE/chichicastenango-cemetery-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lfdC8RMdyTw/VPBPHmYnCcI/AAAAAAAA_vc/i-KGUAa859k/chichicastenango-cemetery-01%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KW8Q243Tb5Q/VPBPI1U0-FI/AAAAAAAA_vk/rXYCdhk-GvU/chichicastenango-cemetery-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GObb25k8D40/VPBPKQ4m2gI/AAAAAAAA_vs/q_M4-QmcB4k/chichicastenango-cemetery-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hSgc6SRF5xg/VPBPLpOAC6I/AAAAAAAA_v0/2TZvO8Y7rcU/chichicastenango-cemetery-02%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p6ygwP6-yVA/VPBPM9jWryI/AAAAAAAA_v8/VST7NCyUy5o/solola-cemetery-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hsIX-3syTXc/VPBPOW0UvGI/AAAAAAAA_wE/1m3Ctt5ESBI/xela-cemetery-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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