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Celebrate Guatemala and discover a country shaped by ancient Maya heritage, extraordinary landscapes, colorful traditions, distinctive cuisine, music, history, wildlife, and living cultures.
Located in Central America, Guatemala offers countless paths for exploration. Discover ancient archaeological sites, volcanic landscapes, historic cities, traditional textiles and crafts, regional foods, natural wonders, wildlife, and communities where centuries of history continue to influence everyday life.
Guatemala celebrates Independence Day on September 15, commemorating the independence of Central America from Spain in 1821. The occasion provides an opportunity to explore Guatemala’s national history while celebrating the traditions, music, food, art, and cultural diversity that contribute to the country’s identity.
Go Cybernaut’s Celebrate Guatemala collection brings together resources for discovering Guatemalan culture, history, cuisine, wildlife, travel, UNESCO World Heritage, books, maps, and more.
You can also listen to radio stations broadcasting from communities across Guatemala, including Puerto Barrios, Barillas, Quetzaltenango, Chiquimulilla, Salamá, Tacaná, San Antonio Huista, and El Estor. Follow the sounds of Guatemala through music, conversation, news, and local voices, or take your exploration onto the map with a GeoGuessr challenge.
Whether you’re celebrating Guatemalan heritage, researching Guatemala for school, planning future travels, learning about Central America, marking Guatemala’s Independence Day, or simply curious about another part of our shared world, consider this collection a doorway to further discovery.
Come for a question. Follow a link, a map, a story, or a radio signal. Leave knowing a little more about Guatemala than you did when you arrived. 🇬🇹🌋📻
On the Web
Guatemala Independence Day – Guatemala Independence Day is celebrated on September 15 every year and is also known as Guatemala’s National Day.
Culture, Politics & Cuisine – A culture that reflects strong Mayan and Spanish influences, and that continues to be defined as a contrast between poor Mayan villagers in the rural highlands, and the urbanized and relatively wealthy mestizos population (known in Guatemala as ladinos) who occupy the cities and surrounding agricultural plains
Guatemala History – The first known culture in the Guatemalan region was the Clovis—they existed here around 11,000 B.C. and used stone tools like spears and blades to hunt mammals.
Guatemala Travel Advice – From the Canadian government.
Living National Treasures – Discover the wildlife of Guatemala.
Top 10 Mouth-Watering Traditional Guatemalan Food – Food is one of the most important expressions of culture and identity, and nowhere is this more true than in Guatemala.
UNESCO – Guatemala’s representation at the World Heritage Convention.
Wiki Travel – Information and resources from the folks at Wikimedia Commons.
Wikipedia – Guatemala, according to the Internet encyclopedia.
Celebrate!
Costa Rica Independence Day – Costa Rica Independence Day is celebrated on September 15 to mark the day Central America declared independence from Spain in 1821.
El Salvador Independence Day – El Salvador Independence Day is on September 15.
Colombia Independence Day – Colombian Independence Day is celebrated on July 20.
Brazil Independence Day – Brazil celebrates Independence Day on September 7 — or as they say in Brazil — Sete de Setembro!
Uruguay Constitution Day – Officially known as ‘Jura de la Constitucion de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay,’ the holiday commemorates the adoption of Uruguay’s first constitution on July 18, 1830.
Guatemala Stations at Radio.Garden
- Caribean FM 105.1 (Puerto Barrios)
- Radio La Super Grande 99.3 FM (Barillas)
- Evolucion FM 95.5 (Quezaltenango)
- Radio Marimba (Barillas)
- Maxima G (Chiquimulilla)
- Pegajosa FM 92.7 (Puerto Barrios)
- Radio Esla (Quezaltenango)
- Radio Estereo Dios de Pacto (Salama)
- Radio Grandeza (Tacana)
- Radio La Voz de Cuarte Angel (Tacana)
- Radio Santa Cruz Barillas FM (Barillas)
- Radio Tacana 93.1 FM (Tacana)
- Radio Tremenda 91.3 FM (San Antonio Huista)
- Vision Radio 107.9 (San Antonio Huista)
- Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a 99.5 FM (El Estor
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