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San
Simón a Mayan Saint. This unusual cigar-smoking saint is moved to a different
house each year and can be found by asking the locals. Also, children often
ask you if you want them to take you there for a small tip. You will find
him propped up in a chair receiving offerings of rum, cigarettes, candles
and flowers. San Simon celebrations happen once a year, on October 28.
San Simón is quite popular in the country. There are many in Guatemala,
and in Antigua there is another San
Simón very well known by the ladino population. There is also another
one in Santiago Atitlán
popular with the natives.
HOW
TO GET HERE: Take a bus from the Minerva Terminal, they run
about every hour.
BUS
TRANSPORTATION: Click
here for bus transportation schedules around the country.
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