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Flower carpets are a labor of love

Each Holy Week, thousands of residents of the colonial, volcano-fringed city of Antigua participate in some of Guatemala's oldest and most popular Easter traditions. Some carry the block-long floats with centuries-old sacred images in turns of more than 100 men, others line the streets with carpets they make in elaborate designs with colored sawdust and tropical flowers, which the float bearers will plod over in nearly daylong processions. For all, it is a laboriously planned but unmissable way to be closer to God as well as to their families and a once tight-knit community that's increasingly diluted by mass tourism.

Hours to make and seconds to destroy, Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of love in Guatemala

ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate,

Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of love in Guatemala

Hours to make and seconds to destroy, Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of love in Guatemala

Hours to make and seconds to destroy: Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of love in Guatemala

ANTIGUA, Guatemala Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate, 115-foot-long (35-meter-long) carpet out of colored sawdust on the street.