Guatemala´s Independence Day

Every year on September 15 we celebrate the day of our independence from Spain.

We celebrate this day with diferent things, schools go down the streets of Antigua with they marcial bands and some students carryng out the flag of our loved country. Some other people like to make this day a sports day so they go out running with torches they have lighted from their town and take the fire to Guatemala City you will notice this torches all over the country if you happen to be here on this special day.

As part of our culture we have some national symbols like: La Bandera, el Escudo, el Quetzal, la Ceiba, la Monja Blanca, la Marimba, Tecun Uman.

We hope you can come some time on this date so you can appreciate a litller bit of our culture and this way we say Happy Birhtday Guatemala!!