Sometimes when you stay open to the unexpected during travel, you experience more luck than when you plan out every little detail. That's what happened to me last year when I landed in Guatemala a ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Thousands of Guatemalan Catholics broke their own Guinness record for the world’s longest sawdust carpet Thursday with a multi-colored masterpiece stretching down the main avenue of ...

On Good Friday, a stretch of driveway at St. Camillus Parish in Silver Spring, Md., is transformed into an elaborate and colorful expression of faith that has roots in Guatemala’s western highlands.

ANTIGUA GUATEMALA, Guatemala - The rising sun hasn't lit up the cobblestone streets of this colonial city yet, but people of all ages are busy covering them with brightly colored sawdust mosaics and ...

Volunteers worked to make a traditional Guatemalan sawdust carpet in Guatemala City on Thursday. Taking place annually on Holy Thursday in preparation for the Easter holiday, the carpet-making ...

ANTIGUA, Guatemala -- The cobblestoned streets of Guatemala’s colonial capital of Antigua seem trapped in time. The city dates back to the 15th century, as do many of its silent colonial ruins of ...

St. Mary’s High School students are exposed to new things and pushed out of their comfort zone every day. Recently, students participated in the creation process of alfombras de aserrín, which ...

Semana Santa—Holy Week in the Spanish-Colonial city of Antigua Guatemala—offers a spectacle worth a visit whether or not you celebrate Easter. Main attractions at this UNESCO World Heritage city are ...

Maya artist Ubaldo Sanchez will create a sawdust carpet inspired by Popol Vuh, the creation story of the Maya world, during an online “Wheatons Conversations” program 6 p.m. Thursday, March 25, hosted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This March 22, 2015 photo shows a block-long, intricately designed carpet made of colored sawdust on a cobblestone street in ...