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Todos Santos preparations in Bolivia and Guatemala

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2026-10-22 02:36 UTC → 2026-10-26 15:53 UTC · added removed

Preparations are underway continue for the upcoming Todos Santos religious festivities scheduled for on November 1 and 2. In Tarija, Guatemala, and Bolivia, authorities and cemetery administrators are coordinating maintenance efforts, including cleaning, vegetation control, 2 in Bolivia and tomb repairs, to accommodate visitors. Guatemala. In Tarija, officials are working administrator Ariel Zamora has coordinated with municipal security and public works to ensure safety and cleanliness, requesting cleanliness. Authorities have requested that institutions with private mausoleum owners mausoleums assist in upkeep. cleaning niches, roofs, and hallways, while local workers are available on-site to assist visitors with painting and repairs. In Quetzaltenango, maintenance administrator Obdulio Morales reported that maintenance, including vegetation control across 35 avenues and 7 streets, has been ongoing since the start of the year, involving year. Efforts include completing a perimeter wall construction for a new access point and coordination coordinating with utility companies to ensure service water and electricity services during the holiday. In Bolivia, municipal authorities in Cochabamba are working to relocate the Todos Santos fair to the San Sebastián and Coronilla plazas to modernize the event and mitigate traffic congestion. Nationwide, cemeteries are being prepared for families who visit gravesites to set up altars While meetings with traditional offerings. To maintain public order, authorities merchants have announced faced some delays, officials aim to reach a consensus to prevent transit obstructions. Nationwide in Bolivia, families are preparing to welcome the deployment souls, or ‘ajayus’, of police the deceased by creating ‘mast’aku’ or ‘apxatas’—altars adorned with flowers, candles, fruits, and municipal officials sweets. Central to monitor cemeteries these traditions are ‘tantawawas’ and gathering sites. artisanal candies, such as sugar figures of baskets and crosses, which are believed to be carried by the souls. For the Aymara people, this return is linked to agricultural cycles, as the souls are thought to bring fertility to the upcoming planting season in the Altiplano.

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  1. 2026-10-26 15:53 UTC Todos Santos preparations in Bolivia and Guatemala
  2. 2026-10-22 02:36 UTC Todos Santos preparations in Bolivia and Guatemala

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