La
primera vez que visité la cabecera de San Antonio de Oriente, que lleva el
mismo nombre, fue en el Día de los Muertos. Esta fue mi primera vez que conocí
un cementerio que no fuera de Tegucigalpa o de San Pedro Sula, que acostumbran
a ser grandes. Me impresionó entrar a ambos de los cementerios porque cada lápida
o lugar adonde había alguien enterrado, estaba repleto de flores artificiales,
y de unos arreglos redondos bien peculiares (y que jamás había visto) rellenos
de flores plásticas, papeles de colores chocantes y forrados con plástico. Habían
convertido a un lugar tenebroso que se encontraba entre un bosque de árboles de
ramas largas y caídas, en un lugar festivo y hasta alegre, repleto de
familiares visitando a sus muertos.
El pueblo es bien callado, pequeño, y unido. El famosísimo pintor hondureño José Antonio Velásquez vivió mucho tiempo en San Antonio de Oriente, y fácilmente puedo ver como muchas de sus más famosas pinturas fueron inspiradas en este bello lugar. Entre mis fotografías adjunte varias fotografías de cuadros de el, y más de alguna se puede confundir entre las fotografías.
Like many of my country's remote villages, San Antonio de Oriente is very charming and picturesque, and easy to fall in love with. Besides the beautiful and friendly people, there are many other reasons why this town is very special and a standout among others; the way the tile roofs seem to overlap each other if you look at the town from certain angles, the underappreciated and old-fashioned streets that are built with rounded stones, the small and very spooky but unique cemeteries, and of course, the influence of the catholic religion which is prominently noticed in the town’s main attraction: its white washed church that stands prominently at the top of a hill, seeming to give you a big and impactful welcome to the town that built it.
El pueblo es bien callado, pequeño, y unido. El famosísimo pintor hondureño José Antonio Velásquez vivió mucho tiempo en San Antonio de Oriente, y fácilmente puedo ver como muchas de sus más famosas pinturas fueron inspiradas en este bello lugar. Entre mis fotografías adjunte varias fotografías de cuadros de el, y más de alguna se puede confundir entre las fotografías.
Like many of my country's remote villages, San Antonio de Oriente is very charming and picturesque, and easy to fall in love with. Besides the beautiful and friendly people, there are many other reasons why this town is very special and a standout among others; the way the tile roofs seem to overlap each other if you look at the town from certain angles, the underappreciated and old-fashioned streets that are built with rounded stones, the small and very spooky but unique cemeteries, and of course, the influence of the catholic religion which is prominently noticed in the town’s main attraction: its white washed church that stands prominently at the top of a hill, seeming to give you a big and impactful welcome to the town that built it.
Josè Antonio Velásquez, who is a much renowned Honduran painter, lived many
years here, and some of his most admired works of art are inspired in this town
(I’ve attached a couple along with my photographs).
San Antonio de Oriente is located about an hour or so away from the valley of El Zamorano. El Zamorano is a college town, itself an hour away from Tegucigalpa that is mainly the host to an agricultural college who sells the student's very fresh products and produce, and is very much loved by “capitalinos” or the people from Tegucigalpa.
I’ll try not to bore you with more tedious information, and leave you to enjoy the pictures and fall in love with San Antonio de Oriente.
San Antonio de Oriente is located about an hour or so away from the valley of El Zamorano. El Zamorano is a college town, itself an hour away from Tegucigalpa that is mainly the host to an agricultural college who sells the student's very fresh products and produce, and is very much loved by “capitalinos” or the people from Tegucigalpa.
I’ll try not to bore you with more tedious information, and leave you to enjoy the pictures and fall in love with San Antonio de Oriente.
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