Guatemala’s English-language Magazine APRIL 2020 revuemag.com Year 29 No. 2 TRIBUTE TO SEMANA SANTA THIS MONTH IN REVUE ADVERTISER INDEX La Antigua places to go, things to do, Interactive Map and fun to be had. Restaurants - Hotels Shopping - Services Real Estate - Travel CLICK TO: From the PHOTO CONTEST Help street dogs Publishers MAY, 2020 “The Beauty of Guatemala” Take a Course in Miracles Previous Revue articles Buy a House and Photo Contests On the Cover 1st Place Judges Vote “untitled” Join in a Photo Contest RevueMag.com by German Velásquez REVUE STAFF Publishers/Editors John & Terry Kovick Biskovich Photography Luis Toribio, César Tián Graphic Designer Hadazul Cruz VIDEO Contributing Writer Mark D. Walker Webmaster/Social Media JB Administrative Assistant María Solis Systems Luis Juárez, José Caal, Luis Toribio Publishing Company Producciones Publicitarias, Estrella Antigua S. A. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE REVUE [email protected] Guatemala’s English-language Ezine PBX 7832-4619 Corporate offices: 3a avenida sur #4-A, La Antigua Guatemala For Business Listings, Information, Maps and Events Calendar RevueMag.com 2 22 SCULPTURE DURING THE colonIAL Era by Hadazul Cruz There were many sculptors in Santiago de Guatemala, some of them recognized, and others who preferred anonymity. Sculpture in the New World traditionally had two purposes, aesthetic and to serve the new religion as an instrument of evangelization. ...read more 66 AMALIA’S KITCHEN Amalia Moreno-Damgaard LENT SMØRREBROD Every year many Christians observe special diets dur- ing 40 days. As I listened to the priest’s sermon one recent morning at church, I thought to myself that the Lenten season is also an opportunity to explore foods outside the normal realm of traditional choices. ...read more 88 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OF LA ANTIGUA GUATEMALA Historical Summary On November 3, 2004, the Municipal Firefighters of La Antigua Guatemala Association ...read more and the “Municipal Fire Department of La Antigua Guatemala” were born 3 food restaurants, bars, and cafés and diners drink 4 Click on title to go to desired page ANTIgua Choco MUseo artisanal chocolates, restaurant, classes CafÉ CONdesa farm-to-table since 1993 cafeteNANgo restaUraNT surrounded by gardens and volcano views cerro SAN cristobal organic farm, slow food, garden-to-table restaurant DEL ARCO RESTAURANTE excellent food in a beautiful surrounding DOÑA LUisa XicoteNcatl home cooked meals and fresh bread baked daily MESÓN PANZA VERDE classic elegance with a twist thai-WOW delicious thai food in a beautiful setting GuaTEmala CITY - ANTIgua arriN CUAN over three decades offering the best of Guatemalan Cuisine 5 Click on title to go to desired page PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO AND FUN TO BE HAD... 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Our hearts go out to the medi- cal and service personnel for perservering in their important work, and hope Teveryone who can be, is sheltering in place when possible. This month, we would like to offer information about changes our advertisers’ have made regarding their hours of business, service offerings and online availability. If you want to know more about a specific business, you can call or click to their website. Many restaurants offer delivery/pickup orders, some companies are continuing services via Zoom or Face Time, and art galleries and others can give their viewers online virtual tours. Some business, unfortunately, are closed for the time being. In this issue, we pay a Tribute to Semana Santa through photographs of past celebra- tions. Thanks to the marvelous photographers who shared their images. Hadazul Cruz presents Sculpture during the Colonial Era, a period when several notable and talented sculptors emerged, leaving behind incredible works of art that are still marveled at today. Chef and author Amalia Moreno-Damgaard thinks that the Lenten season is also an opportunity to explore foods outside the normal realm of traditional choices. She proves her point with a delicious recipe for the Danish dish Smorrebrod. We pay our respects to the Municpal Fire Department of La Antigua Guatemala with a historical summary, highlighting the excellent support given by the Rotary Club Gua- temala Sur. We hope with some interesting reading and beautiful photography we can help bring a bit of solace to these extreme times. Stay safe. — John & Terry Kovick Biskovich Using the interactive features As you turn a page you’ll notice some of the text/images are briefly highlighted. All you have to do is click or tap on them to enter the world of interactivity, in- cluding virtual reality tours. Double-tap on a page to zoom in. Click on a page to view highlighted content. In the contents and advertiser index pages just click or tap on whatever subject you’re interested in and that’s where you’ll go. Videos will play directly in the page. 16 17 FOR TAKE-OUT ORDERS PLEASE CALL 40974768 18 THAI FOOD Tuesday to Friday 12:00 - 9:00 pm Saturday 12:00 - 10:00 pm Sunday 12:00 - 4:00 pm 5a avenida sur #23 Antigua Guatemala +502 4097-4768 www.thai-wow.com 19 20 2nd Place Judges Vote “Aspirante” Escuela de Cristo, Antigua by Fernando Orozco IG: fernando_gt22 21 Cristo de La Preciosa Sangre by Ana 22 Gabriela Santiesteban by Hada Cruz culpture in the New World tradi- ed in abundance in the New World. Cedar tionally had two purposes, aesthetic was both durable and easy to work with, and to serve the new religion as an making it ideal, followed by other materi- Sinstrument of evangelization. als such as stone, silver, and alabaster. Sculptors did not compete for the beauty The growing city of Santiago de los Ca- of their works. They labored to satisfy the balleros de Guatemala (today La Antigua demand within the population. Perfection Guatemala) required a large number of was essential because every sculpture had sculptural pieces to fill the temples, civil to fulfill a spiritual and, at the same time, buildings, and private residences. There- educational. fore, sculptors fulfilled this purpose and considered and respectable. In the case of colonial sculpture, the pri- mary material used was wood, which exist- 23 Jesús Nazareno de La Merced Antigua Guatemala by Aldo Comparini 24 Jesús Nazareno de La Merced Antigua Guatemala by Marco Antonio Marinelli Notable Sculptors There were many sculptors in Santiago de Guatemala, some of them recognized, and others who preferred anonymity. Alonzo de la Paz He enjoyed fame, along with many received commissions. His work is acclaimed in history for his abilities, notably the beautiful image of Jesus Nazareno de la Merced in La Antigua Guatemala. 25 Jesús Nazareno de Candelaria, Cristo Rey facebook.com/infoCandelaria Juan de Aguirre He was a Franciscan friar and also a sculptor. He arrived in Santiago de Guatemala from Peru but was probably of Spanish origin. Around 1558 he created the Virgen del Coro along with the image of Jesús Nazareno de Candelaria, but this is not verified. 26 Jesús de los afligidos, Andalusia Jesús Nazareno de la Merced, Guatemala City Jesús Nazareno de la Merced, believed to have a twin sculpture in Andalusia. El Señor de los Afligidos. Mateo de Zúñiga One of his documented sculptures is Jesus Nazareno de la Merced (1654) poly- chromed by Joseph de la Cerda, currently in Guatemala City. This sculpture is the first Baroque work made in Guatemala, and also the first Nazarene believed to have a twin sculpture in Andalusia. El Señor de los Afligidos would prove the sculptural ex- change between the old and the new world at that time. Jesús Nazareno de la Merced, Guatemala City 27 28 Soledad from Escuela de Cristo by Jose Carlos Flores Pedro de Mendoza or Pedro de la Rosa He lived and worked in Santiago de Guate- mala and mentioned by the religious Fray An- tonio de Molina in his work Memories of Fray Antonio de Molina where he exposes a dialogue between the sculptor Mendoza and the Holy Hermano Pedro (Guatemala’s saint). Though not verified, it is believed that Pedro de Mendo- za sculpted the image of Jesús de la Caída de San Bartolomé Becerra and also the beautiful Virgen de la Soledad from Escuela de Cristo.