Velocity Tours- Destination -CHICHICASTENANGO

Chichicastenango is a highlands village famous for its traditional open-air market, boasting a fantastic range of beautiful and inexpensive traditional crafts. On market days (Thursdays and Sundays) Chichi is awash in a sea of traditional costumes representing towns from across the highlands. Chichicastenango is also well known for its unusual mixture of the Catholic and Maya religions. Maya priests make pilgrimages from distant villages to hold ceremonies and make offerings to their gods ... inside the Catholic church.