Doors and Windows

During Cuaresma (Lent), many businesses and homes decorate their windows with the color of Lent - purple. Here are a few samples that I took today.

This is a hotel.

This is a business entrance, for several businesses.

This is either a small hotel or, more likely, a home-stay.

This is a large home.

This is a business.

This is a home.

This is a side window of the Palacio de Ayuntamiento (think County Courthouse). I would have taken a shot of the front, but the banners there were not hanging properly.

Now, some would argue that such displays are a violation of church and state. There is no mandatory separation of church and state in Guatemala, just as there is no mandatory union of church and state. My view is that such displays are good business. La Antigua is the most popular tourist site in the country and anything that encourages tourism is good business...even if it has religious significance.