GUATEMALA

 

  

Thank you Alejandra for the nice card sent 22 APR 2014.

    In the heart of beautiful Guatemala lives a community of indigenous women who weave traditional clothing, handbags, shawls, and other products unique to their regions .

Stamp:

• Country:Guatemala
• Series:Fine arts (Textiles)
•  Theme:Textile
  

 

TIKAL,GUATMALA

Tikal Temple II

 Special Thanks to ALEJANDRA,the card was sent 22 APR 2014.

The card shows Tikal, Temple II

A name which makes dream the travelers in search of exploration and nature...
Two syllables that make all archaeologists and specialists of the Mayan world fantasize...
Five letters which raise many mysteries still unsolved...
And for good reason. Tikal, the Mayan city, is sumptuous, imposing. Some 3,000 structures emerge from the tropical forest in a mystical atmosphere. The temple of the great jaguar faces the temple of the masks on the big square, the neuralgic center of the city. The highest pyramids of the site overhang the jungle at 70 meters of the ground.

The site is so vast that one often has the impression of being alone, taking oneself for a moment for Indiana Jones when he discovers a secret temple in the bend of a path. One wonders how the Maya could have developed such a big city in a so thick jungle.

Since 1979, Tikal is one of the rare sites to be registered with the cultural inheritance as well as the natural inheritance of UNESCO.

 

 

Stamp:Jesus Nazareno De Candela,450th Anniv

• Country: Guatemala
• Issued on:2014-02-05
• Theme:Religion