JANUARY

1-5 Santa María de Jesús , near Antigua (main days 1st and 2nd)

19-24 Rabinal , in the Verapaces (main days 23rd and 24th)

22-26 San Pablo La Laguna , Lago de Atitlán (main day 25th)

MARCH

Second Friday in Lent Chajul , in the Ixil triangle

APRIL

24 San Jorge La Laguna , Lago de Atitlán

25 San Marcos La Laguna , Lago de Atitlán

MAY

6-10 Uspantán (main day 8th)

8-10 Santa Cruz La Laguna (main day 10th)

JUNE

12-14 San Antonio Palopó , near Panajachel (main day 13th)

21-25 Olintepeque , near Quetzaltenango

22-25 San Juan Cotzal , near Nebaj

22-26 San Juan Atitán (main day 24th)

27-30 San Pedro La Laguna (main day 29th)

28-30 Almolongo , near Quetzaltenango (main day 29th)

JULY

21-Aug 4 Momostenango (most interesting on July 25 and Aug 1)

23-27 Santiago Atitlán (main day 25th)

25 Antigua

25 Cubulco , in the Verapaces

31-Aug 6 Cobán

AUGUST

1-4 Sacapulas (main day 4th)

9-15 Joyabaj , west of Santa Cruz del Quiché (main day 15th)

12-15 Nebaj (main day 15th)

15 Guatemala City

SEPTEMBER

12-18 Quetzaltenango (main day 15th)

17-21 Salamá (main day 17th)

24-30 Totonicapán (main day 29th)

OCTOBER

1-6 San Francisco El Alto (main day 4th)

2-6 Panajachel (main day 4th)

29-Nov 1 Todos Santos Cuchumatán

NOVEMBER

1 All Saints' Day Celebrations all over, but most dramatic in Todos Santos Cuchumatán and Santiago Sacatepéquez, where massive paper kites are flown

23-26 Nahualá (main day 25th)

22-26 Zunil (main day 25th)

25 Santa Catarina Palopó , Lago de Atitlán

30 San Andrés Xecul , near Quetzaltenango

30 San Andrés Iztapa , near Antigua

DECEMBER

7 Bonfires (the Burning of the Devil) throughout the country

7 Ciudad Vieja , near Antigua

13-21 Chichicastenango (main day 21st)