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Celebrate All Saints Day in Guatemala with a trip from Antigua to Sumpango for the Giant Kite Festival. Each year on November 1st, the town of Sumpango is transformed by festivities, where people honor their dead with a display of giant paper kites—which can span up to 60-feet (18-meters) wide. You’ll visit the cemetery, where families repaint colorful tombs and bedeck them with flowers, before heading to the festival ground to join the celebrations.

The Giant Kite Festival of Sumpango is performed every year in November 1, in celebration of the Day of the Dead or All Saints. Spend the day experiencing this incredible tradition, that includes multicolored kites and plenty of family fun, like a local. You'll learn the historic roots of this celebration that honors deceased relatives. Your friendly guide will shares stories about folklore that says evil spirits roam through cemeteries and wake the dead. If you're lucky enough to be visiting during this unique festival it is not to be missed!

GIANT BARRELETS The festival of All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1 of each year, it is a unique celebration that takes place in Guatemala, Guatemalans go to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of their loved ones who are already resting in the sky The cemeteries are filled with color, music, food and especially the flight of the kites, children and adults perform this activity, the kites, kites, kites or kites (as you want to call it) that most surprise are the ones that measure between 9 to 15 meters in diameter. The giant kites do not get to fly because they are very heavy but they are great works of art that exhibit the work of months that local people do.