Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 05:39:51 -1000 From: andrewh@holly.harvard.edu (Andrew Hawken) Message-Id: <380q87$rbh@beta.qmw.ac.uk> Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK Subject: Guatemala I have heard that around this time of year (possibly early Novemeber ?) there is a tradition in guatemala where many people gather in a certain graveyard and fly some very large kites over the graves to dispell spirits. Does anyone else have any knowledge about this ? Regards Andy -- ____________________________Andrew Hawken______________________________ "However many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead" R Dawkins. Home : 0895 420110 QMW : 071 975 5542 AIIT : 0494 677045 Email : A.Hawken@QMW.AC.UK = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 04:33:00 -1000 From: sean.parker@windmill.com (Sean Parker) Message-Id: <59.214.3964@windmill.com> Organization: The Windmill Company BBS - 806-792-6116 Subject: Guatemala In our last episode,"Guatemala" , a.hawken@qmw.ac.uk said to ALL a= I have heard that around this time of year (possibly early Novemeber a= ?) there is a tradition in guatemala where many people gather in a a= certain graveyard and fly some very large kites over the graves to a= dispell spirits. a= Does anyone else have any knowledge about this ? Andy, The Spring '93 Kite Lines' cover article is about the Guatemalan kite festival. What do you want to know? Wow! I had an answer, Sean --- * CMPQwk #1.4 * UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 18:25:59 -1000 From: jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Message-Id: <38274n$n0s@geog20.umd.edu> Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Subject: Re: Guatemala In article <380q87$rbh@beta.qmw.ac.uk>, Andrew Hawken wrote: >I have heard that around this time of year (possibly early Novemeber ?) >there is a tradition in guatemala where many people gather in a certain >graveyard and fly some very large kites over the graves to dispell spirits. There was a very good article on this tradition in KiteLines, Spring '93 (vol 10, number 1). The event is associated with November 1, aka All Saints Day, aka the Day of the Dead. The article is a bit long to reproduce, but discusses the origins of the tradition and the construction of the kites flown. Pretty groovy... Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | Pithy, insightful quote to be inserted | | | when one occurs to me. *If* one occurs | |jeffy@glue.umd.edu | to me. | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 16:01:40 -1000 From: karengus@coyote.rain.org (Karen Gustavson) Message-Id: <384j24$ih7@coyote.rain.org> Organization: RAIN Network Subject: Re: Guatemala Andrew Hawken (andrewh@holly) wrote: > I have heard that around this time of year (possibly early Novemeber ?) > there is a tradition in guatemala where many people gather in a certain > graveyard and fly some very large kites over the graves to dispell spirits. > Does anyone else have any knowledge about this ? The spring '93 issue of Kite Lines contains an article by Michael Tourigny entitled 'The Soul-Lifting Kites of Guatemala'. Kites are flown on Nov.1, El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This article highlights activities in the town of Santiago Sacatepequez. -Karen -- Karen Gustavson karengus@rain.org = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =