Guatemala's flower carpets made of sawdust decorate Holy Week
by editors@theworld.org (Michael Fox) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6T5AG)
Guatemala has one of the world's most vibrant celebrations of Holy Week, or Semana Santa. There's a tradition of creating elaborate, colorful flower "carpets" out of sawdust on the streets for processions to pass over. Last year, UNESCO named Guatemala a world heritage site for its Holy Week commemorations. From the town of Antigua, Michael Fox meets a young man leading a team of friends in making colorful wood chip carpets.
This story originally aired in September 2023.