Tradiciones de Poptun

The dance of the skull: This is a very colorful and cheerful tradition among children called Ishpaxá for the Skull. This tradition consists of the fact that, on November 1 and 2 of each year, hundreds of children come out onto the street wearing a skull made of pumpkin or grapefruit shells. They put a lit candle inside that skull, so it offers a transparency flooded with light, when these skulls are carried by hundreds of children through the streets, they seem rivers of light accompanied by a deafening blare (noise of many voices) that make the children when asking in business and houses with the refrain of Ishpaxá for the Skull, if you do not give me gives you shit. Most business owners give them sweets or any candy. THE CHATONE La Chatona is one of the most emblematic traditions of the department of Petén, Guatemala, and consists of dancing a large doll (a little over two meters), during the festivities of the municipalities and other festivals, such as the day of th...