Candles for the Devil

Guatemala - land of eternal spring, land of eternal dictatorship. In the final phase of the civil war, Kai Althoetmar crosses the land of the Mayas during Semana santa, the turbulent Holy Week, from Quetzaltenango in the highlands to the jungle district of Petén. He climbs the Santa Maria volcano, meets spiritualist Mayans sacrificing to the devil at an altitude of 3,800 metres, experiences the monumental Palm Sunday processions in the old colonial capital of Antigua and travels fifteen hours in a ‘chicken bus’ through the jungle on the way to the pyramids of Tikal. Bloody seriousness and raging comedy are always close together. A heaven and hell ride through the land of the Mayas. - Illustrated eBook with numerous photos.