Women selling flowers in the Chichicastengo market. They are on the front steps of Santo Tomas Church and the smoke is from local Maya prayer leaders (known as chuchkajaues) burning incense and copal resin. Chichicastenango is an indigenous Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands about 90 miles northwest of Guatemala City and at an elevation of nearly 6,500 feet. It is most famous for its markets on Sundays and Thursdays.
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