The following excerpt is from a January 12, 2010 article published by Antigua Daily Photo. It provides an interesting look at a unique part of the day in Guatemala. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
There are two ‘official’ snack times in Guatemala known as refacción; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I have shown you the morning refacción before, but this is the first time, I believe, I show the afternoon refacción.
Refacción, however, is much more than a simple snack time. Refacción is the time where workers get together to gossip and catch up with personal details. Refacción is the time when couples in love get together for a quick snack along with hugs and kisses; such was the case of the man and woman in the foreground crossing the street that arrived in horse-pulled carriage (see refacción can also be romantic).
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