Nicaragua 2008

NICARAGUA, All Saints' Day

In preparation for All Saints' Day statues and graves get a new layer of paint at the cemetery in Jinotepe, a small town 40km south of Managua.

All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Saints' Day

In preparation for All Saints' Day statues and graves get a new layer of paint at the cemetery in Jinotepe, a small town 40km south of Managua.

All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Saints' Day

Relatives clean the graves in preparation for All Saints' Day at the cemetery in Masatepe, a small town 30km south of Managua.

All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Souls’ Day

On All Souls’ Day family and relatives gather at the cemetery in Managua and occasionally music is offered.

All Saints’ Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Souls’ Day

Gloria comes not only to the cemetery for All Souls’ Day but as often as she can to mourn her son who died during the Nicaraguan civil war of the 1980s.

All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Saints' Day

Relatives decorate the graves in preparation for All Souls’ Day at the cemetery in Jinotepe, a small town 40km south of Managua.

All Saints’ Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Saints’ Day

Chapel at the cemetery in Masatepe, a small town 30km south of Managua.

All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, All Saints’ Day

Chapel at the cemetery in Masatepe, a small town 30km south of Managua.

All Saints’ Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2. The days are spent visiting the graves of deceased relatives, where prayers and flowers are offered, candles are lit and the graves are cleaned, repaired and repainted. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, Esteli

To start out, a small Assembly of God church has set up a tent and about 100 chairs for the evening worship in Oscar Gamez, a township on the outskirts of Esteli.

The charismatic movement is the fastest growing branch of Christianity and makes up about 30 percent of all Christians today.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, Esteli

Evening worship in a small Assembly of God congregation in Oscar Gamez, a township on the outskirts of Esteli.

The charismatic movement is the fastest growing branch of Christianity and makes up about 30 percent of all Christians today.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, Esteli

Evening worship in a small Assembly of God congregation in Oscar Gamez, a township on the outskirts of Esteli.

The charismatic movement is the fastest growing branch of Christianity and makes up about 30 percent of all Christians today.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, Esteli

Evening worship in a small Assembly of God congregation in Oscar Gamez, a township on the outskirts of Esteli.

The charismatic movement is the fastest growing branch of Christianity and makes up about 30 percent of all Christians today.

© 2008 Peter Williams

NICARAGUA, Esteli

Evening worship in a small Assembly of God congregation in Oscar Gamez, a township on the outskirts of Esteli.

The charismatic movement is the fastest growing branch of Christianity and makes up about 30 percent of all Christians today.

© 2008 Peter Williams