Belleza por Todos Lados - Alfombras

Alfombras are a key part of the Good Friday celebration in much of Latin America. Alfombra literally means "carpet," and can refer to the carpet in your living room. But here, alfombra refers to a carpet made of flower petals on the street. People put hours of work into collecting flowers and creating beautiful images on their street. Then the Good Friday procession comes and passes over the alfombra and it is destroyed in a matter of minutes.

I participated in making alfombras both last year and this year. I think they are a beautiful meditation on impermanence, and an indication of the strong dedication to faith that people have. Though I do wonder if stipping thousands of flowers of their pettals every year is good for the local ecosystem.

Here are pictures of some of the alfombras made for Good Friday:

This is the alfombra that I helped with.

This is FyA 44's alfombra.
It was made by the graduating class of the high school.